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29th Mar 2024

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Trump's inexperience prompts EU uncertainty

Swedish FM Wallstroem said Monday the EU "knows very little [about US president-elect Donald Trump], because he completely lacks political experience". Slovakia's Lajcak said he was trying to contact Trump's team. The UK's Johnson said there "was lots to be positive about" with Trump, whom he called a "deal-maker". Belgium's Reynders said it was "normal" Johnson avoided an EU dinner on Trump Sunday because the UK is leaving the EU.

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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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