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29th Mar 2024

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Commission proposes national agriculture plans

The European Commission is proposing to give national governments more control over how they implement the EU's Common Agriculture Policy. In a strategy paper published on Wednesday, the EU executive suggested that all member states should draw up "strategic plans", to be approved by the Commission. The new model "will provide greater subsidiarity to member states", Commission vicepresident Jyrki Katainen said in a press release.

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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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