Euro zone 2024 fiscal tightening seen limited by slowing economy

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Euro zone 2024 fiscal tightening seen limited by slowing economy

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone governments will try to bolster their public finances next year by withdrawing expensive energy price subsidies but slower economic growth and fear of angering voters are likely to limit fiscal tightening, officials said. The European Central Bank has called for governments to roll back subsidies introduced to help people cope with the spike in energy prices that followed the start of the Uk…