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Greek parliament elects conservative president

Greek parliamentarians Wednesday elected law professor and centre-right New Democracy member Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the country's seventh president, reports Kathimerini. Pavlopoulos was largely backed by the Syriza, Independent Greeks, and New Democracy parties. He received the support of 233 out of 300 lawmakers.

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Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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