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beirat Report by the Advisory Board
In the debate over efforts to reform the EU budget, repeated calls are made (a) to ensure more transparent and fairer burden-sharing and (b) to replace the widespread juste-retour (“just returns”) mindset with a stronger focus on policies that serve the interests of Europe as a whole. This report argues that it is possible to make EU financing practices more transparent and, in this way, to …
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europe The Treaty of Aachen: A new Franco-German agenda
Germany and France have strengthened their cooperation with a new friendship treaty that was signed in the city of Aachen on 22 January 2019. One priority project on the new joint agenda is cooperation in the area of financial services and financial markets at the EU level, with the goal of working towards high regulatory standards, including in the area of sustainable finance.
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Europe The Möbius strip
A symbol of unity and connectedness.
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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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EU Council Presidency The Finance Ministry’s Presidency work programme from three perspectives
Interview with Thomas Westphal, head of the Directorate-General for European Policy, Dr Eva Wimmer, head of the Directorate-General for Financial Markets Policy, and Dr Rolf Möhlenbrock, head of the Directorate-General for Taxation.
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EU Council Presidency Tax policy priorities of Germany’s Council Presidency
Germany wants to use its Council Presidency in the second half of 2020 to promote a strong and sovereign European Union. Modern and innovative tax policies are essential for enhancing the EU’s economic strength.
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europe Snapshots of Franco-German cooperation
The August edition of the Finance Ministry’s monthly report offers an insight into current Franco-German cooperation, not only at the government level, but also at the working level of the two finance ministries. One element of this is the Franco-German Seminar. Launched in 1999, the seminar entered its 10th cycle in Berlin in May 2018.
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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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EU Council Presidency Review of the 2020 German Council Presidency
Now that Germany’s six-month Council Presidency has drawn to a close, it is clear that Europe has proved its worth in the face of the crisis and shown that it is capable of taking effective action.
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europe Opinion on carbon pricing by the Franco-German Council of economic experts
The Franco-German Council of economic experts was established as a permanent bilateral body by Germany and France on the basis of the Aachen Treaty. It is independent and aims to make policy recommendations on economic policy issues of common interest. The Council has prepared an opinion on “pricing of carbon in and at the border of Europe”.