Tag: Financial policy
New EU debt rules relieve the burden on highly indebted countries
Brussels The planned reform of the Stability and Growth Pact will bring significant relief for highly indebted countries. You would have to save less than under the current debt rules.…
Lindner is looking for allies in reforming the Stability Pact
Christian Lindner (l.), his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire and the Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag Above all, Lindner wants to prevent countries in the monetary union from accumulating high…
Le Maire calls on Berlin to adopt a common growth strategy for Europe
Bruno Le Maire France’s finance and economics minister is calling for a balance between budget consolidation and investment in growth. (Photo: IMAGO/MAXPPP) Paris France’s Finance and Economics Minister Bruno Le…
Le Maire calls on Berlin to adopt a common growth strategy for Europe
Bruno Le Maire France’s finance and economics minister is calling for a balance between budget consolidation and investment in growth. (Photo: IMAGO/MAXPPP) Paris France’s Finance and Economics Minister Bruno Le…
Le Maire calls on Berlin to adopt a common growth strategy for Europe
Bruno Le Maire France’s finance and economics minister is calling for a balance between budget consolidation and investment in growth. (Photo: IMAGO/MAXPPP) Paris France’s Finance and Economics Minister Bruno Le…
Poland does not pay fines, now the next escalation threatens
Mateusz Morawiecki Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sees his country wrongly condemned. (Photo: imago images / newspix) Berlin, Brussels Another escalation level could soon follow in the dispute between the…
Plea for solid public finances
The ECB’s hands would be tied. It could not act against the recent massive rise in inflation risks, or against the dangerously rapid rise in house prices for years. The…
Tax hike through the back door: effects of inflation
Euro coin Because of purely inflation-related tax increases, many taxpayers have less money in their pockets this year. (Photo: imago images / Future Image) What else did Christian Lindner promise?…
Court of Auditors: supplementary budget “constitutionally doubtful”
Berlin For Christian Lindner (FDP) these are not good reports. On Monday, lawyers and economists will bow to a hearing in the Bundestag about the supplementary budget of the new…
Court of Auditors: supplementary budget “constitutionally doubtful”
Christian Lindner (FDP) The Federal Minister of Finance wants to reallocate 60 billion euros that were approved as loans due to the Corona crisis in 2021, but were not taken…
There is a risk of higher debts in the southern states of the EU
Athens Sometimes a number is worth a thousand words: 13 trillion euros – the national debt in the euro zone has recently risen to this gigantic level, mainly because of…
Baden-Württemberg’s finance minister: Interview with Danyal Bayaz
Berlin Baden-Württemberg’s finance minister Danyal Bayaz (Greens) has called on the federal traffic light coalition to adopt a more courageous tax policy. “Unfortunately, the stalemate of the past few years…
The finance minister expects his tax breaks to be large
Christian Lindner in the Federal Ministry of Finance The FDP leader cannot make major tax cuts. The coalition agreement and the budgetary leeway do not allow this. (Photo: AP) At…
The euro – a story of broken promises
Dusseldorf The euro is alive. This is not something that can be taken for granted. Because from the start, the common currency was a risk that bordered on recklessness. Politically…
Economist ranking gives German pandemic policy a bad rating
When it comes to saving the economy from the corona crisis, Olaf Scholz has never saved with superlatives. As Federal Minister of Finance, he brought out the “bazooka” with the…
“There is no alternative to the euro for Germany”
Stefan Kooths “Without stable public finances, monetary policy will always be able to do things that it shouldn’t do with a view to currency stability,” says the IfW researcher. (Photo:…
The euro has withstood a lot of criticism – and is still a debt burden
Brussels, Berlin Skepticism prevailed when the euro was introduced as cash at the turn of the year 2002. Germany struggled with the “Teuro” because the prices were at least felt…
The euro has withstood a lot of criticism – and is still a debt burden
Brussels, Berlin Skepticism prevailed when the euro was introduced as cash at the turn of the year 2002. Germany struggled with the “Teuro” because the prices were at least felt…
Jörg Kukies is Scholz’s man for Europe
Jörg Kukies is a big fan of FSV Mainz 05. The 53-year-old has a season ticket and regularly goes to the stadium with his family. He has also personally inspected…
Why a tax donation from millionaires wouldn’t work
Düsseldorf’s luxury mile Königsallee Donate money to the tax authorities? The vast majority of German millionaires lack the motivation for this. (Photo: imago images / Michael Gstettenbauer) Berlin Wealthy people…