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29th Mar 2024

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Mogherini: my replacement 'needs security experience'

Federica Mogherini, the head of the EU's foreign policy branch the European External Action Service, said her future replacement will need to be someone who has a background in defence and security. She told reporters the person needs to come "with a strong foreign and security background." She had also mentioned defence.

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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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