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29th Mar 2024

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Full text of von der Leyen candidacy speech to MEPs

Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday spoke to the European Parliament, in a bid to clear the threshold 50 percent in tonight's secret vote of MEPs to endorse her as next Commission president. In a 30 minute speech, she mentioned respecting the rule of law, and possibly greater climate targets, whilst reminding she would be the first female Commission president.

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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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