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29th Mar 2024

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Poland dissolves EU-hated judicial chamber

Polish MPs last Thursday dissolved a new judicial Disciplinary Chamber which the EU Court and EU Commission had said undermined judicial independence. The move is meant to see Commission president Ursula von der Leyen approve the disbursement of EU recovery funds when she visits Warsaw 2 June, Polish media reported. But critics say the Polish change was superficial and did not address wider problems of abuse of rule of law.

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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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