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29th Mar 2024

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Spain's Podemos re-elects anti-establisment leader

Pablo Iglesias was re-elected secretary-general of Podemos on Sunday after facing a challenge from a more moderate candidate, Inigo Errejon. Iglesias secured some 89 percent of the vote in a party rooted in popular protest against the political status quo. The left-wing party rose to prominence in 2014 and has secured 71 seats in parliament but suffered from infighting between Iglesias and Errejon.

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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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