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29th Mar 2024

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Polish ruling party trails in EU election poll

Centrist parties are on track to get the most MEPs in Poland in May, according to a survey by the country's Institute of Public Affairs. The so-called European Coalition, led by the centre-right Civic Platform party, polled 42 percent, ahead of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party on 37.5 percent. A new liberal party, called Spring, led by openly gay Polish politician Robert Biedron polled 8.5 percent.

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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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