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29th Mar 2024

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Right-wing TV pundit riding high ahead of French election

French far-right TV pundit Eric Zemmour would likely make it into the second round in presidential elections next year with 17 percent of the vote in the first round, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll Sunday. Incumbent Emmanuel Macron would get 23 percent and far-right contender Marine Le Pen would come third on 16 percent, the survey showed. Zemmour said Sunday he was "ready" to soon officially declare his bid.

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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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