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29th Mar 2024

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Greens decide on Tuesday on talks on Five Star joining

Greens in the European Parliament will decide on Tuesday evening whether to start talks with the Five Star Movement (M5S) on Italy's ruling party possibly joining the climate-focussed group, Green co-chair Philippe Lamberts said. "The end of their alliance with the far-right lifted one major obstacle, but it did not lift all major obstacles," he said, adding that he would support starting discussions.

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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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