German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said the government must tackle soaring electricity prices “with the utmost urgency”, as a leading German economist warned of a “gigantic shock” threatening Europe’s biggest economy. In an interview with newspaper Bild am Sonntag cited by Bloomberg, Lindner said swift action was needed, otherwise “inflation will be driven more and […]
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German MFA, Lindner wants to travel to Kyiv
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) wants to travel to Ukraine soon. In the summer interview with ARD on Sunday, he said when asked when he would go to Kyiv: “Now at the end of summer or autumn. I am in discussions with my Ukrainian colleague about this.” In May, Lindner had already offered his […]
Germany: Hambeck considers Lindner’s tax proposals unfair
Federal Finance Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) rejects Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s (FDP) plans for tax breaks, according to Handelsblatt. Last week, Lindner introduced a bill to reduce the additional tax burden. Regarding this, Habeck stated: “I don’t see how we can represent in this situation that those who need less support are absolutely more relieved.” […]
Lindner’s letter to Brussels on the exemption from VAT on the natural gas tax
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has written to the European Commission asking for permission to waive value added tax on a new levy on the price of natural gas for a limited time, according to a copy of his letter seen by Reuters. Germany’s natural gas market operator is due to announce on Monday the […]
Lindner plan for fiscal discipline in the EU
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner presents the German proposals for a revision of the European Stability Pact through the Handelsblatt newspaper. Fiscal discipline also at the European level after the difficult years of the pandemic and for the economy, the German Finance Minister Christian Lindner asks the Liberals through his interview in the economic newspaper […]
Cr. Lindner: The FDP ensures that Germany does not drift to the left
Its leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner sees the Liberal Party (FDP) as the guarantor of preventing a possible shift of the federal government to the left, justifying the dichotomy between the government partners. “The important role of the FDP is to ensure that Germany is ruled from the center and not drifted to the […]
Germany: Lindner calls on Habeck to stop electricity generation with the help of natural gas
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) calls on Federal Finance Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) to stop the production of electricity with the help of natural gas. “We have to work to ensure that the gas crisis is not followed by an electricity crisis,” Linder told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Therefore, he said, natural gas […]
Germany: Lindner calls on Habeck to stop gas-fired power generation
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) calls on Federal Finance Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) to stop the production of electricity with the help of natural gas. “We have to work to ensure that the gas crisis is not followed by an electricity crisis,” Linder told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Therefore, he said, natural gas […]
Spiegel: Lindner wants to comply with debt brake despite housing subsidy increase
It’s not yet clear how expensive the increase and extension of housing benefit will be next year, but Finance Minister Christian Lindner is certain: he wants to stick to the debt brake again in 2023. “The debt brake is on,” he says the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF). On Friday, Chancellor Olaf Solz (SPD) announced […]
DW: The German debt brake is coming back
It is the first budget draft by Christian Lindner. His goal from the outset was to comply with the debt brake rule. He did it for 2023, at least on paper. Liberal German Finance Minister Christian Lindner may have been warning Germans for months of hard times ahead and a “loss of prosperity”, but he […]