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29th Mar 2024

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Estonia fails to elect new president

The Estonian parliament failed on Tuesday to elect a new president as none of the candidates received the 68 votes necessary. Former EU commissioner Siim Kallas came closest with 45 votes followed by Mailis Reps, deputy chairman of the opposition Centre Party, with 32 votes. A special 335-strong electoral college will now be convened to elect the new president on 24 September by a simple majority vote.

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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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