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29th Mar 2024

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No-deal Brexit danger 'very serious', Corbyn says after Brussels meeting

Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the danger of Britain leaving the EU without a deal 'very serious' after a meeting Wednesday with EU negotiator Michel Barnier. Corbyn, whose Labour party lost eight MPs in protest of his Brexit policy and rising anti-semitism in the party, said he discussed the UK staying in the EU's customs union which could end the Brexit impasse, but ruled out by the UK government.

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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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