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29th Mar 2024

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EU ups benefits rights for mobile workers

EU institutions agreed on Tuesday to modernise workers' rights to receive social security across the EU. Non-national EU citizens would have the same rights and obligations as nationals, getting cash benefits paid throughout the EU and retaining unemployment benefits for six months after leaving a member state. "In times of increased labour mobility, protecting social rights is of utmost importance," said the European Parliament rapporteur, French socialist Guillaume Balas.

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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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