German Minister of Finance rejects EU Commission’s fiscal policy plans

German Minister of Finance Christian Lindner rejects the EU Commission’s plan to include elements of the planned revision of the European debt rules in the country-specific recommendations to the member states. In the run-up to the meeting of EU Ministers of Finance today and tomorrow in Brussels, diplomatic circles reported that Lindner insists that agreement on the new direction of the fiscal rules must first be reached.

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