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28th Mar 2024

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Ex-German spy chief attacks EU on Hungarian TV

Former German domestic intelligence chief Hans-Georg Maassen has attacked German and EU asylum policy, speaking on a Hungarian government TV station. The European "lock is still open, even if fewer [migrants] come in," he told the M1 broadcaster, which is associated with hard-right and eurosceptic content, on Wednesday. Maassen was fired from his spy job last year over his public sympathies for far-right protesters and political parties in Germany.

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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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