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European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says that the eurozone economy has weathered the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine and surging energy costs better than expected. SOUNDBITE
European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, announces the ECB is lifting its key rates of interest by 75 basis points, leaving them sitting in a range of between 0.75 and 1.5 percent. It came after the bank hiked rates by 50 basis points in July, its first increase in more than a decade, in order to tame record eurozone inflation. These levels "will ensure the timely return of inflation to our 2% medium term target" she says, during a press conference in Frankfurt. SOUNDBITE
Images of the closing of a polling station in Saint-Junien, in south-western central France, and the start of the vote count, as turnout in the European elections in France reached 45.26% at 5pm, according to the French Interior Ministry. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire proposes the creation of a European savings product with willing EU states, in order to mobilize private capital for growth. SOUNDBITE
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says Eurozone inflation is slowing but is still expected to be "too high for too long", as the ECB raises interest rates for the ninth consecutive time. SOUNDBITE
G7 countries' finance ministers and central bank governors pose for a group photo as part of the three-day talks in the coastal city of Niigata, Japan. IMAGES
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