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29th Mar 2024

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Merkel and Macron to align EU summit positions

German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron are set to discuss aligning positions on issues ranging from Brexit to Syria ahead of the EU summit on Thursday and Friday. Merkel said they want to arrive in Brussels with "common positions in so far as possible." Ministries from both sides are set to meet in Toulouse, followed by a visit from commission-president designate Ursula von der Leyen.

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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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