January 23, 2025

Category: German Finance

German chancellor Olaf Scholz sacks his finance minister #NewsGerman
German Finance

German chancellor Olaf Scholz sacks his finance minister #NewsGerman

CashNews.co Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. German chancellor Olaf Scholz has sacked his liberal finance minister Christian Lindner, plunging the eurozone’s largest economy into political chaos hours after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. The move, which came […]

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Germany’s Scholz fires his finance minister in a blow to the ruling coalition #NewsGerman
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Germany’s Scholz fires his finance minister in a blow to the ruling coalition #NewsGerman

CashNews.co BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday he was firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s pro-business party. Scholz announced the move at a news conference following weeks of disputes among the coalition partners over ways to boost the country’s ailing economy. […]

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Chancellor Scholz dismisses FDP’s Lindner – DW – 11/06/2024 #NewsGerman
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Chancellor Scholz dismisses FDP’s Lindner – DW – 11/06/2024 #NewsGerman

CashNews.co Skip next section German Finance Minister Lindner had suggested early elections 11/06/2024November 6, 2024 German Finance Minister Lindner had suggested early elections Minutes before news of Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s dismissal was announced, German media reported that the Free Democrats leader had suggested to his partner Chancellor Scholz to hold elections early next year. […]

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German finance minister declares war on the working class #NewsGerman
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German finance minister declares war on the working class #NewsGerman

CashNews.co Last Friday, Liberal Democrat (FDP) Finance Minister Christian Lindner published an 18-page document calling for an “economic about turn with a partial fundamental revision of key political decisions.” Since then, speculation has been rife that the coalition government of the Social Democrats (SPD), FDP and Greens may be coming to an early end. Federal […]

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Is Germany’s business model broken? #NewsGerman
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Is Germany’s business model broken? #NewsGerman

CashNews.co In a 30-plus-year career in corporate restructuring, consultant Andreas Rüter has seen it all: the dotcom bust, September 11, the global financial meltdown, the euro crisis, Covid-19. But what’s happening right now in corporate Germany is “unprecedented” and “of a completely different order of magnitude”, says Rüter, the country head of AlixPartners.  The federal […]

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Germany’s Coalition Crisis: Economic Policy Showdown #NewsGerman
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Germany’s Coalition Crisis: Economic Policy Showdown #NewsGerman

CashNews.co Published : 1 hour agoon 05/11/2024 By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) -German Finance Minister Christian Lindner asked his partners on Tuesday to make their own proposals on economic policy after the budgetary package his party floated last week brought Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition to the brink of collapse. The loveless alliance was thrown into […]

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Analysis: German finance minister’s pension plans continue to test coalition | News #NewsGerman
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Analysis: German finance minister’s pension plans continue to test coalition | News #NewsGerman

CashNews.co Pension reform ideas backed by Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner and his liberal party FDP are again set to test a fragile government coalition. In a recently tabled programme for a new era of economic growth in Germany, called Economic turnaround in Germanythe finance minister included austerity measures to cut public spending on pensions and […]

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