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29th Mar 2024

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Future conference could start 9 May

The EU's Portuguese presidency hopes to agree on the set up of the conference on the future of Europe this week, with the EU Commission aiming to kick it off on 9 May. EU institutions have been locked in a debate on who should lead the conference designed to involve EU citizens in policy-making. "We are on the final phase," Ana Paula Zacarias, Portuguese EU affairs state secretary said Tuesday.

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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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