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Auditors: EU farm 'simplification' made subsidies more complex

The 2013 reform of the EU's common agriculture policy made the farmers' subsidy scheme more complex, the European Court of Auditors said in a report on Thursday. The aim was simplification, but instead exemptions led to increased burden on national administrations, it said. The European Commission said in a response its original reform proposal was "more straightforward", but the policy was made more complex after political negotiations with member states.

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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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