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EU Commission told to improve CAP data analytics

The European Commission lacks some essential data tools for assessing the implementation and design of its Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), EU auditors said in a Tuesday report. "The commission should do more to tap the potential of big data for analysing the CAP," said lead auditor Joëlle Elvinger. The CAP accounts for over a third of the budget, while agriculture is responsible for about 10 percent of EU emissions.

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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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