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EU court advised to rule against Polish court reform

A Polish judicial reform to lower the retirement age for judges is breaching EU laws, the European Court of Justice's advocate general said on Thursday. The law, introduced by Poland's conservative Law and Justice party in 2017, reduced retirement age for male judges from 67 to 65 and from 67 to 60 for female judges.

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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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