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28th Mar 2024

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Germany misses 80% vaccination-rate target

The German government failed to reach its goal of vaccinating more than 80 percent of its population by the end of January. As of Monday, only 74 percent of Germans were fully-vaccinated — a figure slightly lower than those in neighbouring countries like Italy, France and Spain. The news comes amid an intense debate over a mandatory vaccination bill, which German MPs are expected to vote on this month.

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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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