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29th Mar 2024

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Poland's ruling party forces May election under lockdown

Lawmakers from Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party have pushed through measures to ensure that the 10 May presidential election goes ahead, despite the coronavirus lockdown. On the second attempt, PiS MPs forced through measures in parliament to conduct the election by mail. Opposition parties want a postponement, and the deputy PM resigned in protest. PiS-ally and incumbent president Andrzej Duda is set to win the election.

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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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