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29th Mar 2024

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EU claims its digital rules are fair to US

Gunther Oettinger, the European commissioner for digital affairs, told the Wall Street Journal that EU internet rules won't discriminate against US companies. "I'm still certain that we'll find rules [for platforms] that don't smell of protection and discrimination, but are reasonable for European, American and for Asian players", he said.

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Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

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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