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europe 50th Franco-German Economic and Financial Council
The 50th Franco-German financial and economic council was held in Paris on 19 September 2019. Former German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, former German Economic Affairs Minister Peter Altmaier and their French counterpart Bruno Le Maire agreed to deliver a strategy for growth, strengthen the euro area, launch joint industry projects and protect the EU’s sovereignty over trade policy. The fight …
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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 Citizens’ Dialogue on the Future of Europe
How do people in Germany see Europe in their everyday lives? What role does the EU play for Germany? And what form should it take in future? This page gives an overview of the Finance Ministry’s active participation in the Citizens’ Dialogue on the Future of Europe taking place throughout Europe.
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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 Meeting of German and French government ministers in Meseberg
The heads of state and various government ministers from Germany and France convened in Meseberg on 19 June 2018, where they agreed on an extensive catalogue of European reforms. Documents relating to fiscal, budget and tax policy are presented here.
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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 …