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World "Climate policy will shape all policy areas"
On 18 October 2019, Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz gave a speech on climate policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Washington. He made the points that coordinated action against climate change will be the defining issue for foreign policy and that it will become a business opportunity.
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World "Protectionism does not solve any problem and often hurts the poorest the most"
Ahead of this weekend’s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Buenos Aires, the Argentinian newspaper El Cronista published an interview with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. In the interview, Scholz emphasises that international cooperation and free trade are essential for global prosperity. He also discusses the financial package agreed between Argentina and the IMF as well …
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Europe "We have some investment headroom and we are willing to use it"
Olaf Scholz, German finance minister and vice-chancellor, is the subject of a profile in The Economist magazine. Read more about his views on domestic budgetary policy and his ideas on how to deepen the euro zone and improve European sovereignty without jeopardizing the EU's overall cohesion.
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taxation “A minimum tax will ensure greater fairness in international tax law”
At the 6th International Tax Symposium in Berlin, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz expressed his support for a global minimum effective tax on companies. He also stated that the fair taxation of companies will be one of the priorities Germany’s EU Council presidency in the second half of 2020.
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Europe “It is in our own interest to ensure that Europe is strong, sovereign and fair”
On 28 November 2018, German finance minister and vice-chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a keynote speech on Europe at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He highlighted the importance of telling people in Germany and in other European countries what kind of European Union we are working towards and exactly what steps need to be taken.