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28th Mar 2024

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Irish PM: UK Brexit policy is 'economic vandalism'

UK plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit trade deal would be "economic vandalism" against Northern Ireland, Irish PM, Micheál Martin, told the BBC's Sunday Morning programme. To reduce paperwork London wants to introduce green lanes for goods set to remain in Northern Ireland and red lanes for other goods. Northern Irish unionist parties maintain the Brexit protocol undermines relations to the UK , while Brussels has announced legal action.

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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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