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Europe Press conference with Olaf Scholz after the virtual ECOFIN December meeting
Following the last regular virtual ECOFIN meeting under Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 December 2020, Olaf Scholz not only reported on the results of the video conference, but also looked back on the German Presidency as a whole: “The Council Presidency always has to carry the baton and do its utmost to ensure that it can represent the positions of all the member states. And …
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Europe Press conference following the ECOFIN meeting
Press conference with Olaf Scholz following the ECOFIN meeting.
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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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europe Joint statements on the EU recovery fund
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and his fellow finance ministers Bruno Le Maire (France), Nadia Calviño (Spain) and Daniele Franco (Italy) on the EU recovery fund: Together we are embarking on a new European era – an era of solidarity, sustainability and success.
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europe Joint Statement on the European Payments Initiative (EPI)
by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland
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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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europe Germany and France intend to commit €1 billion each for new European Tech Champions Initiative
Germany and France represented by Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance, Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Bruno Le Maire, Minister for the Economy, Finance and the Recovery, and Cédric O, Minister of State for the Digital Transition and Electronic Communication, have signed, together with Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, …
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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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eurogroup Eurogroup meeting on 3 December 2018
At their latest meeting, eurozone finance ministers agreed on a number of important steps: Financial transactions will be taxed across the EU, with the revenue benefiting the EU. There will be appropriate taxation of the digital economy. Regarding reform of the euro, significant decisions were taken that will make the common currency and the European financial system even more secure and stable.