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29th Mar 2024

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Report: EU wary of sharing supercomputer secrets with UK

The European Commission wants to lock out the UK from EU-funded research into quantum-computing due to security concerns over the "strategic" technology, according to a document seen by The Guardian. The proposal, by French single-market commissioner Thierry Breton on the EU's 'Horizon' research programme, saw several EU states voice concern. "You can't put the UK and Switzerland in the same box as China and Iran," an EU diplomat said.

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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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