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Rutte attacks anti-vax rioters as 'idiots'

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte and German health minister Jens Spahn have used harsh words against people who have protested against vaccination and lockdown rules. "I will never accept ... that idiots use sheer violence" to make their point, Rutte said Monday, referring to the weekend's riots. All Germans will be "vaccinated, recovered, or dead" by the end of winter, Spahn also said, as infection rates almost doubled in Germany.

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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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