Recent Encouraging Poll Results for SDP Chancellor Lindner to Stay in Government

SDP chairman Christian Lindner, who is also finance minister and vice chancellor in the government, is happy to keep his post The liberals from Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) decided after an internal party poll to remain in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing tripartite coalition. The result is important because it gave an insight into attitudes … Read more

FDP Member Survey Results: Wafer-Thin Majority in Favor of Remaining in Traffic Light Coalition

FDP Member Survey Results: Wafer-Thin Majority in Favor of Remaining in Traffic Light Coalition

The FDP asked its members about remaining in the traffic light coalition. The result is just in favor of it. But the FDP will also have to make compromises in 2024. It is a wafer-thin majority with which the FDP is starting the new year: the member survey gives the party leadership support for remaining … Read more

Government Budget Standoff: Uncertainty over Tax Increases, Subsidy Cuts, and Funding Guidelines for Various Sectors

Government Budget Standoff: Uncertainty over Tax Increases, Subsidy Cuts, and Funding Guidelines for Various Sectors

The government wants to increase taxes and duties to plug the hole in the budget. But savings should also be made. Many details are unclear, for example when it comes to car buyers. And the farmer. For four weeks, the leaders of the traffic light coalition fought with each other, session after session, over the … Read more

The debt brake – a German fetish?

The debt brake – a German fetish?

France and Germany look at debt very differently. It starts with the language, explained Bruno Le Maire in an Arte documentary. In it, the French finance and economics minister said that the French term for debt (“la dette”) refers solely to financial debt. In Germany, on the other hand, the term has another level, that … Read more

Chic hairstyle: This is how much money the government spends on styling

Chic hairstyle: This is how much money the government spends on styling

The government coalition ministers and state secretaries spent a lot of money on their styling in 2023. A list shows the extent. To what extent does it increase? Federal Government Services related to external beauty? This question was answered by the ministers of the traffic light coalition, summarized in one published preliminary version. The small … Read more

Christian Lindner Visits German Troops in Lithuania and Discusses Defense Spending

Christian Lindner Visits German Troops in Lithuania and Discusses Defense Spending

Christian Lindner would now like to see what they have built for him, here at the military training area in Rukla, Lithuania. “Let’s start with the self-propelled howitzer?” he asks Colonel Klaus-Peter Berger, who is in command here. The FDP Federal Finance Minister traveled to the Baltics this week; two days, three countries: Latvia and … Read more

Finance Minister Lindner Offers Closer Economic Relationship to UK Amidst Brexit Trade Hurdles

Finance Minister Lindner Offers Closer Economic Relationship to UK Amidst Brexit Trade Hurdles

Since Brexit, trade on both sides of the English Channel has complained about too much bureaucracy. However, Britain could reduce the hurdles through talks with the EU, says Finance Minister Lindner. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has offered the United Kingdom a closer economic relationship with the EU. “If you want to strengthen your trade … Read more

Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner Affirms Record Funding for Families in Coalition Dispute

Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner Affirms Record Funding for Families in Coalition Dispute

In the coalition dispute over basic child security, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has again rejected the accusation of not providing enough money for families. “There is no saving when it comes to families, children and education. On the contrary: We are providing record funds,” Lindner told the Funke newspapers on Friday. “In view … Read more

Private Equity Industry Celebrates Success in Berlin

In Berlin, the German private equity industry has just celebrated a fine success: its lobby association BVK welcomed Finance Minister Christian Lindner as a speaker at the annual meeting in the morning and Economics Minister Robert Habeck in the afternoon. Both were warmly received by the hundreds of listeners: not just the head of the … Read more