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29th Mar 2024

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German anti-EU party set for new election gain

The new anti-migrant and anti-EU Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could win 15 percent of votes at the Berlin state election on Sunday, according to the latest polls. The Social-Democrat party (SPD) leads the polls with 21 percent, ahead of chancellor Merkel's Christan Democrats (CDU) with 19 percent. Both parties are losing ground. Last Sunday, AfD came second ahead of the CDU at an election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 21 percent.

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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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