Florence Pärli, the 33-year-old city councilor, is the FDP’s new candidate for the Bern municipal council elections. Florence Pärli is the FDP’s new candidate for the Bern municipal council elections. – Twitter/@fdp_stadtbern The FDP is taking part in the Bern municipal council elections with Florence Pärli. The 33-year-old city councilor prevailed against co-president Chantal Perriard … Read more
Berlin For Christian Lindner (FDP) these are not good reports. On Monday, lawyers and economists will bow to a hearing in the Bundestag about the supplementary budget of the new Federal Minister of Finance. The expert opinions submitted to the budget committee in advance are sometimes devastating. One professor ruled that it was “unconstitutional”, while … Read more
– The Commission can start borrowing for the Next Generation EU development plan, as all 27 EU countries have ratified the necessary decisions. The total amount is 750 billion euros in 2018 prices – or a good 800 billion euros after adjusting for inflation. The money is raised in the capital markets. Some of the … Read more
This Thursday, the Bundestag launched a supplementary budget for 2021 to raise new federal budget debts to the record value of 240 billion euros for this year. With this “courageous step”, according to Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, the economic consequences of the pandemic are to be cushioned. Germany’s total debt rises to 2200 billion … Read more
– Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz A calculation from his ministry shows that the federal government could benefit from the low interest rates in the long term. – (Foto: ddp images/Pool action press) – – – – Berlin Earning money with debt – that sounds too good to be true. But for the federal government … Read more
– Financial conditions in the euro area were mainly determined by monetary policy measures during the pandemic. Together with a supportive fiscal policy, they have mitigated the economic effects of the Covid-19 crisis. The banks were also able to operate in a more favorable environment as the regulatory requirements were significantly relaxed. However, the end … Read more
– The author José Ignacio Conde-Ruiz is a professor at the Complutense University in Madrid and a researcher at the corporate research institute FEDEA. – (Photo: ESADE) – – – – In the past decade, Spain has been hit by two of the worst economic crises in history. The effects were stronger than in the … Read more
– An investment program with 500 billion euros by 2030 is necessary, said Kindler. “In times of historically low interest rates, we want to reform the debt brake so that future net investments can be financed through loans.” The state could afford to fight the pandemic. It is extremely dangerous that some in the Union … Read more
– With a view to the budget, Habeck criticized Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s plans He called for “regional differentiation” on the basis of uniform standards. “It would be wrong to loosen and repeal the measures across the board,” said Habeck. One must state “that the breakwater did not break the wave as it was … Read more
– Specifically, Italy initially received 10 billion euros, the first tranche of a committed sum of 27.4 billion. Spain initially received 6 out of 21.3 billion and Poland received 1 billion out of 11.2 billion. A total of 87.9 billion euros has been agreed to be paid out to 17 countries under Sure. The lid … Read more