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28th Mar 2024

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Poland's postal ballot creates uncertainty, watchdog says

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's human rights office said in a report that the postal ballot planned for 10 May Polish presidential election "diverges from the principles of stability of electoral legislation and legal certainty". The Warsaw-based ODHIR said the changes could "weaken public trust" in the election administration. The Polish parliament is expected to vote on the issue on May 6.

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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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