In the Greens, there are increasing voices not to leave the influential Federal Ministry of Finance to the FDP without a fight in the desired traffic light coalition. It must now be a matter of using leeway within the debt brake and creating new leeway by combating money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance, said the financial politician Sven Giegold on Sunday in Berlin.
During the election campaign, FDP leader Christian Lindner made no secret of wanting to become finance minister. Several FDP politicians spoke out in favor of it at the weekend. In the exploratory paper, the part on tax and financial policy bears the signature of the Liberals. A senior FDP parliamentarian told Reuters news agency, With the result of the explorations, everything boils down to Lindner as finance minister.
Habeck himself, on the other hand, confirmed his party’s claim to the Ministry of Finance in the evening on ARD. “The competition is there, no question about it,” he said. “The Ministry of Finance is important.” But it is not helpful if you get into speculation about personnel now. “I always push back the personal ambitions of people, including myself, and pat everyone who twitches on the finger.”