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29th Mar 2024

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May: 'We're on course to deliver Brexit'

UK prime minister Theresa May said she was "disappointed" that her government lost a vote on Brexit in the House of Commons on Wednesday. She said however that the EU Withdrawal Bill "is making good progress" in the UK parliament. "We're on course to deliver Brexit," she insisted at her arrival at the summit in Brussels where EU leaders are due to agree on opening the second phase of negotiations.

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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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