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29th Mar 2024

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Popularity of UK government nosedives amid Brexit

The Conservative party in the UK would lose 80 seats if an election was held, wiping out its majority and putting it almost neck-and-neck with the opposition Labour, according to pollster Focaldata. The Scottish National Party, who want a second independence referendum, would win 57 out of 59 seats in Scotland. The next election is in 2024. The poll was seen as a public verdict on Brexit and pandemic-handling.

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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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