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29th Mar 2024

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EU leaders urged to increase EU4health budget

The European Federation of Public Service Unions, representing the bloc's health and social service workers, urged EU leaders to increase the funding for the EU4health programme saying the pandemic has put public health systems on the verge of collapse. In July, the European Council cut the proposed budget from €9.4bn to €1.7bn. EU leaders are meeting on Thursday via videoconference to discuss responses to the second wave of the pandemic.

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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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