Can the financial constitution be reformed?” – It is not clear what would qualify him as finance minister. Even beyond the title of his university master’s thesis – “Tax competition and tax equalization. Lindner, who was so young when he began his political career in the FDP that older colleagues called him “Bambi”, is without a doubt one of Germany’s prominent political talents. Almost all of them, including former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, have had significant management experience, either as ministers, prime ministers or mayors, before taking office. It is no coincidence that the list of former German finance ministers sounds like a Who’s Who of the leading lights in Germany’s post-war policy. On the international stage, the German Minister of Finance has traditionally been a force to be reckoned with, whether his name was Olaf Scholz, Wolfgang Schäuble or Peer Steinbrück. His party declined to comment on his ambitions for the post.Īccording to the chancellor, the finance minister is the most powerful person in German politics, overseeing a budget that rose to almost 500 billion euros for the current year when the country tackled the corona crisis. Even before the September general election, Lindner signaled that he wanted the Ministry of Finance.
Lindner leads the Free Democrats (FDP), the smallest of the three parties currently in talks to form a new German government. BERLIN – Minister of Finance or “fuck-up”?Ĭhristian Lindner, the German liberal leader who is seen as the country’s likely next finance minister, has in recent days faced a barrage of criticism from prominent economists who warn that his lofty fiscal views represent a deadly threat to the euro.īut a study of Lindner’s CV (a full-fledged exercise in German politics) raises another – if not less alarming – question: Is he qualified for the job at all?
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