German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has defended decisions on next year’s budget taken by the ruling three-party coalition, in particular those regarding the Defence Ministry, in comments to Bild newspaper on Saturday. “The defence minister is getting more money than in the previous budget, but he is getting less money than what he called for
Christian Lindner, Germany’s Minister of Finance, speaks at the Real Estate Industry Day. Jens Kalaene/dpa Germany’s ruling coalition still has a lot of work ahead amid difficult deliberations on the 2025 federal budget, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Saturday, as left-wing politicians criticized prospective cuts to social spending. “We have not yet reached the
BERLIN (Reuters) – The finance ministries of Ukraine and Germany signed on Tuesday a joint Declaration of Intent to bolster bilateral cooperation to support Ukraine’s reconstruction after the war with Russia. “We are not limiting ourselves to the form of support that Ukraine needs to win the war,” said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner. “We
ZURICH (Reuters) – International financial authorities must give consideration to legal risks surrounding the potential winding up of global banks, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter was quoted as saying on Wednesday. In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, Keller-Sutter was asked whether rules to deal with banks deemed “too big to fail” need