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28th Mar 2024

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EU Commission analyses Hungary's NGO law

The European Commission will "carefully analyse" Hungary's foreign-funded NGO law, which critics say aims to stifle civil society, to check if its earlier concerns were addressed. A spokesman said the commission will focus on whether the legislation complies with internal market rules or the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The commission will wait for the legal opinion of the Venice Commission, an advisory body, due in a few days.

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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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