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Climate action European Sustainable Finance Summit
As the European Sustainable Finance Summit gets underway, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Environment Minister Svenja Schulze are calling on European companies to invest more in sustainable economic activities. The first survey, published today, on applying the EU taxonomy shows that just 2% of companies’ activities by revenue meet the taxonomy’s level of ambition for climate action and …
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ECOFIN Statement by Olaf Scholz - Doorstep Ecofin
The first meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) under Germany’s 2020 Presidency of the Council of the European Union took place on 10 July 2020. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz chaired the virtual meeting and presented the ECOFIN work programme for the second half of 2020: “Europe is facing an unprecedented challenge caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The EU economy …
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Europe Stamp of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU 2020
To mark the Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2020, the German Finance Ministry issued a special-edition stamp. The design of the stamp centres on the logo of the Council Presidency. In our video, Alexander Meier, who created the logo, gives us an insight into how he arrived at the design.
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eurogroup Special Eurogroup meeting in November 2018
On 19 November 2018, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz met with his counterparts in Brussels for a special session of the Eurogroup. The aim of the meeting was to press forward with preparations for the Euro Summit in December, where key reforms to the European Monetary Union are to be adopted. Discussions focused on the completion of the banking union, the further development of the European …
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europe German Recovery and Resilience Plan adopted
Today the German government adopted the German Recovery and Resilience Plan (DARP). Ninety percent of the spending in Germany’s recovery plan is targeted towards climate action and the digital transformation. This means that the German government is going well beyond the ambitious targets set by the EU. According to analysis by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the planned …
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ECOFIN Roundtable: Informal ECOFIN
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ECOFIN Press statement by Christian Lindner after the ECOFIN Council meeting
Following the January 2022 meeting of the ECOFIN Council in Brussels, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner emphasised that the introduction of a global minimum effective tax is a priority for the German government and called for its implementation as of 1 January 2023.
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ECOFIN Press conference with Olaf Scholz: Informal ECOFIN
Informal ECOFIN Meeting 11/12 September, Berlin
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Europe Press conference with Olaf Scholz after the virtual ECOFIN meeting
After the virtual ECOFIN meeting of EU Finance Ministers on 4 November 2020, Olaf Scholz gave an overview of the main results in a press conference. A big step forward was made in the fight against money laundering: „The fight against money laundering and terrorism financing is a priority of Germany’ EU-Presidency. Recurrent leaks on alleged money laundering cases, including in the EU, underline …