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28th Mar 2024

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Italy deputy PM Di Maio quits as Five Star party leader

Italy could be heading for a snap election after deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio resigned Wednesday as leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, coalition partner of the centre-left Democratic Party. The 33-year-old Di Maio faced mounting internal criticism as Five Star plunged in opinion polls and lawmakers abandoned his party. More than 20 lawmakers have left or been expelled since the government came to power last September.

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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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