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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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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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Public finances Christian Lindner at the Bundestag’s special session on the war in Ukraine
At the Bundestag’s special session addressing Russia’s attack on Ukraine in violation of international law, Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced massive investments in Germany’s armed forces. A special fund worth €100 billion will be established for this purpose. In addition, the government plans to spend billions of euros to build up gas and coal reserves. It will also place an even …
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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.
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Europe Christian Lindner at the Scale-Up Europe Conference
On 8 February 2022, Finance Minister Christian Lindner presented the European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI) in Paris, together with his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire. The initiative’s aim is to mobilise more private capital from European long-term financial investors to strengthen the competitiveness of the European economy in a sustainable way. France and Germany intend to commit €1 …
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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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eurogroup Doorstep by Christian Lindner prior to the Eurogroup meeting in January
Ahead of the Eurogroup meeting, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner commented on the economic recovery during and after the pandemic, saying that the German government wants to mobilise private capital in particular for the transformation in Europe. Minister Lindner added that it is important to develop momentum as the EU emerges from the crisis, in order to boost the competitiveness of …
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Europe Finance Minister Lindner on his first official visit to France
During his first official trip abroad after taking office, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner visited his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire in Paris. You can view the complete doorstep for his visit here.
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Ministry Detlev Rohwedder and the Treuhandanstalt
Following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Bundesrechnungshof (Germany’s supreme audit institution) moved into what is today the Detlev Rohwedder Building. Between 1991 and 1995, the remaining space was used by the Treuhandanstalt, the agency set up to privatise assets formerly owned by the East German state. The building was given its present name …
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Ministry The founding of the GDR in 1949
The building now known as the Detlev Rohwedder Building took on a significant role in the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) on 7 October 1949. It was on this day that the German People’s Council (a surrogate parliament for the Soviet occupation zone) declared itself the provisional People’s Chamber and put the constitution of the GDR into effect. The founding of the GDR, and hence …