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29th Mar 2024

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Auditors: Commission should update nuclear-safety rules

The European Commission has met its responsibilities on nuclear safety, mainly for legislation and oversight, but it still has scope to update and improve the legal framework and internal guidelines, according to a report from the European Court of Auditors. They recommend strengthening the procedures used to verify the efficiency of national radioactivity monitoring facilities. In 2019, there were 124 nuclear reactors operating in 14 EU member states.

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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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