The economist is leaving the advisory body of the federal government.
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Dusseldorf At the end of April, the economist Volker Wieland left the Council of Experts to assess overall economic development ahead of schedule. This was announced by the office of the Advisory Council on Saturday in Wiesbaden. As scheduled, the 56-year-old’s second term would have ended at the end of February 2023.
“After more than nine years with nine annual reports, three special reports, three productivity reports and 20 economic forecasts, I have decided to end my membership in the Advisory Council so that I can devote myself more intensively to my main activities in research and teaching and as the head of a university center “, Wieland is quoted in the message.
In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung he added: “And personally, the last two years during the Corona period with children of kindergarten and primary school age and relatives in need of care were a particular burden, also for the family.” He believes he has done his part to have. You should go “when it’s most beautiful”
At the same time, Wieland made it clear that there had been “no optimal conditions for further work” in the council for more than a year because the post of the Freiburg researcher Lars Feld, who had left at the time, had not yet been filled by the federal government. In the body, which then consisted of four members, “several clear majorities for substantive positions” were missing. In the area of fiscal policy and debt rules, for example, only two different positions towards politics could be shown due to the lack of a majority. “That weakens the Council’s influence,” said Wieland.
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