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29th Mar 2024

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May proposes 2-year transition period after Brexit

British prime minister Theresa May proposed "around" a two-year-long transition period, based on current arrangements, after Brexit in 2019, to give enough time for businesses and public services to prepare for the changes. "During the implementation period, access to one another's markets should continue on current terms and Britain also should continue to take part in existing security measures," she told an audience in Florence, Italy, on Friday (22 September).

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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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