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Barnier hopes to 'identify' priorities in first Brexit talks

The EU's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Monday morning that he hopes his first meeting with UK Brexit minister David Davis will "identify priorities and a timetable" for the starting the negotiations. Davis, who spoke along with Barnier when arriving at the European Commission HQ, said the UK government will "do all that [it] can to deliver a deal that works in the best interest of all citizens."

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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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