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Ukraine Germany provides €1bn in financial assistance to Ukraine
Only one month after the G7 pledged to provide Ukraine with extensive budgetary assistance, Germany is disbursing its contribution of €1bn. "Ukraine needs this financial support to maintain its ability to act", Christian Lindner said in his statement.
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Europe Bilateral talks in Greece and Bulgaria
Finance Minister Christian Lindner travelled to Greece and Bulgaria on 14 June 2022. In Athens, he met with Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. During the talks, Lindner highlighted his great respect for Greece’s achievements in overcoming its debt crisis. You can watch the exchange between Lindner und Mitsotakis here.
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g7-presidency G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors´ Petersberg Communiqué
The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors released a joint communiqué following their meeting on 20 May.
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Climate action Green federal securities
Climate action is a priority. To boost sustainability in financial markets too, the German government is issuing Green German Federal Securities. This will inject momentum into the sustainable bond market as a whole.
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Financial markets FATF Ministers commit to take decisive action against money laundering
Under German chairmanship the Ministers of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) members committed to take swift and decisive action to improve the effectiveness of measures to fight money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing at their meeting in Washington D.C. today. This includes promptly implementing the FATF’s global beneficial ownership rules, which were strengthened earlier …
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g7-presidency Isolate Russia economically, counteract the effects of its war of aggression against Ukraine
On 20 April 2022, the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors met for the second time under Germany’s G7 presidency. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the IMF spring meeting in Washington, D.C. During their talks, the G7 members focused on the state of the global economy in light of the war in Ukraine. Afterwards they published a joint statement.
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Europe Joint press conference with Bruno Le Maire
At a joint press conference, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire discussed gas supplies from Russia, among other topics. Both ministers emphasised that contracts are contracts, and both strongly agreed that political blackmail must be rejected. Minister Lindner reiterated that the gas supply contracts were concluded in euros and will continue to be …
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ukraine Management of the task force for implementing EU sanctions appointed
The task force that has been set up by the Federal Government to implement the EU sanctions appointed its management yesterday evening at its second meeting.
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g7-presidency G7 reaffirms its decisive course of action
The first meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors under Germany’s G7 presidency took place in a virtual format on 1 March 2022.
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eurogroup Christian Lindner on the war in Ukraine
Prior to the meetings of the Eurogroup and ECOFIN, Finance Minister Christian Lindner and France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire gave a joint statement to the press. EU leaders have already imposed tough sanctions on the Russian economy. EU finance ministers are now discussing how best to protect people and the economy in the EU.