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29th Mar 2024

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Brexit: Next negotiation round delayed

The fourth round of Brexit negotiations between UK and EU officials, slated for the week of 18 September, has been delayed by one week and will kick off on 25 September. "More time for consultation would give negotiators the flexibility to make progress in the September round," a UK government spokesman said. The EU has been urging UK negotiators to come up with concrete negotiating positions to achieve progress.

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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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