Until recently, the country was considered exemplary, but now it is groaning under its debt. On his trip to Africa, the finance minister is now making a stop in Accra. The federal government also wants to help out of its own interest.From Claus Hulverscheidt, AccraIf the Federal Minister of Finance had come just a little earlier, it could have been a journey full of beautiful pictures and good news. For years, Ghana was regarded as Africa's economic and political role...
Status: 02/02/2023 2:51 p.m What is the finance minister doing in Mali? Lindner is not looking for money. Nevertheless, the visit to the Bundeswehr soldiers there is not just any appointment. Then it's on to Ghana. By Nicole Kohnert, ARD Capital Studio He is a major in the reserve, during his studies he was a reserve officer in the Air Force, Finance Minister Christian Lindner likes to tell and tries to sound almost like a lawyer for the Bundeswehr, although...
FDP leader Christian Lindner has rejected any discussion about a return to conscription. "For the FDP, conscription is not at all up for debate. This is a ghost discussion. All power must be concentrated on strengthening the Bundeswehr as a highly professional army," said Lindner of the German Press Agency. The young generation also “lost so much through the pandemic that there should be no speculation about a new compulsory service”. Lindner also referred to the shortage of skilled workers...
STORY: (NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS WITHOUT SPEAKER TEXT) Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) on Monday in Berlin: "The federal government has taken note of the verdict. The constitutional court will make a decision on another matter. We have an interest in constitutional clarification the legality, the constitutionality of the solidarity surcharge. In its decision today, the Federal Fiscal Court made it clear that it still considers the solidarity surcharge to be constitutional. That naturally attracts attention. The word "still"....
As of: 01/29/2023 4:37 p.m By 2025, the number of people in need of care in Germany could rise to 5.5 million. But the traffic light coalition is arguing about how domestic and professional care should be paid for. Because of the increasing number of people in need of care, the SPD is demanding more money from finance minister Christian Lindner for reforms in elderly care. Especially when times are difficult, the five million people in need of care and...
The public prosecutor in Berlin sees "no initial suspicion of criminal behavior" Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) in connection with a real estate loan. Investigators said the anti-corruption department had closed a review process. The examination "neither revealed an initial suspicion of bribery of MPs (...) nor of accepting an advantage - which is in any case remote". There were also no indications that expectations were attached to the loan, not even with a view to "creating general goodwill". Several...
The Minister of Finance was criticized for a greeting and a real estate loan from the same bank. Now the Berlin public prosecutor's office explains: They see no initial suspicion that the FDP leader would have behaved criminally. source site
Status: 01/27/2023 11:26 am The Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office sees no initial suspicion of criminal behavior on the part of Finance Minister Lindner. The reason for the examination was a written greeting for a bank where Lindner had taken out a private loan. The Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office sees "no initial suspicion of criminal behavior" by FDP leader Christian Lindner in connection with a real estate loan. The department for combating corruption has thus closed an examination process, the authority...
When Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) was stranded in Washington with a positive corona test in April last year, his State Secretary Carsten Pillath experienced a lightning promotion: Suddenly he was away for the remainder of the spring conference of the World Bank and IMF Head of Delegation in the Lindner entourage. It was logical that Pillath, on the return flight to Berlin, conducted the usual background discussion with the journalists who had traveled with him. You are not...
"Pascha" utterance Lindner denies CDU and Merz leadership claim Union faction leader Friedrich Merz continues to receive criticism for his "Pascha" statements. photo © Kay Nietfeld/dpa After the New Year's Eve riots, CDU leader Merz referred to children with a migration background as "Paschas" and thus received a lot of criticism. For the Minister of Finance, he has thus gambled away his claim to leadership. After the controversial "Pascha" statement by Union faction leader Friedrich Merz, Federal Finance Minister Christian...
