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The Ministry plays a major role in European financial policy. It formulates and coordinates Germany’s positions on matters involving the budget and finances of the EU.

Europe French-German roadmap for the capital markets union

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire met in Berlin on 13 September 2023 and presented a joint roadmap for the capital markets union.

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Europe Weimar Triangle meeting

On 26 and 27 June 2023, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner will welcome his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire and his Polish counterpart Magdalena Rzeczkowska in Weimar for trilateral talks that will focus on the current economic challenges and on deepening the capital markets union.

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Europe Op-ed on the reform of Europe’s fiscal rules

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner set out his views on the reform of Europe’s fiscal rules in a joint opinion piece with the finance ministers of the Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Luxembourg.

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Europe Principles for the reform of EU fiscal rules

The next reform of the Stability and Growth Pact will be discussed at EU level in the coming months. The German government has agreed on principles for a reform of EU fiscal rules, which it will share as input for the discussions within the EU. You can download the principles here.

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Joint press conference at the end of the Weimar Triangle meeting

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Doorstep by Christian Lindner ahead of the Weimar Triangle working sessions

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European Tech Champions Initiative – closing financing gaps for start-ups

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Christian Lindner on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Launch of European Tech Champions Initiative

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Press statement by Christian Lindner and Bruno Le Maire

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Joint press conference on the Franco-German Economic and Financial Council

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Implementation of the global minimum taxation – Statement by Christian Lindner

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Finance Minister Christian Lindner before the start of the Eurogroup meeting

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Bilateral talks in Greece and Bulgaria

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Joint press conference with Bruno Le Maire

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Christian Lindner at the Scale-Up Europe Conference

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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on his first official visit to France

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European Union

Monetary union

Approximately 347 million people in 20 EU countries use the euro as legal tender. The single currency is the most far-reaching outcome of European integration to date and benefits citizens, companies and EU member states.

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Economic union

The single market of the European Union is the world’s strongest economic area. Not only are EU citizens free to travel, live, study, work and shop in any member state, they can also do business and invest anywhere they like in the European Union.

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Banking union

The banking union is creating a common market for banking services. The banking union protects taxpayers by means of a single European banking supervision system and – in the event of a crisis – a single bank resolution mechanism.

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Customs union

For more than 50 years, the European customs union’s standardised system for the trade in goods has been ensuring that goods can circulate freely within the EU

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Capital markets union

The capital markets union will strengthen the European economy and promote capital market financing to complement bank-based loans. It is intended to deepen and expand the EU’s single market with regard to capital and financial services

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Digital financial markets union

Many digital innovations happen in the area of financial markets and can provide real added value for citizens in their daily lives.

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Europe #EuroABC: European financial policy from A to Z

Who attends ECOFIN Council meetings? What do the abbreviations SURE, MFF and FTT stand for? Our #EuroABC provides easy-to-understand explanations of key terms in the sometimes complicated world of EU finances.

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