Very interesting to interview the German finance minister Christian Lindner for BBC News again at #WEF23… @c_lindner -
* inflation peaked & faster European recovery than expected
* Germany “completely diversified” energy & is today “not dependent on Russia”
* “new German model”
FULL STORY:
German finance minister @c_lindner
“Germany still dependent on energy imports, but today, not from Russian imports but from global markets…” as Germany completed LNG terminal in record 8 months.. claiming it as basis for “new economic model”
bbc.com/news/business-…
Thread:
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Lindner claims with a series of supply side reform “we are about to change the German business model” and is no longer dependent on Russian energy:
#Wef23
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Bit of a dig at the “Merkel era” of low competitiveness, epitomised by the fact it took 20 years to build Berlin airport… now says “the new German speed is 8 months” a reference to the 2 new LNG terminals commissioned from scratch on the Baltic coast
3. NEW
German finance minister tells BBC says “negative side effects of [US] Inflation Reduction Act for European economies” is an “opportunity for new negotiations” via US-EU trade diplomacy, waivers or even a US-EU trade deal but “have to avoid competition on more subsidies”
4. Is Germany on board with US push to reduce dependence on China?
Lindner: “I’m not in favour of any kind of decoupling from the Chinese market… we have to have a different approach.. we have to maintain China’s dependency on our technologies… diversification not decoupling”
5. Is Germany doing enough to help Ukraine defeat the Russians?
“We make our decisions in close cooperation with our allies, especially the US..and we jointly decide about the support of Ukraine with further military goods, then Germany will participate”
Ref to Leopard 2 tank?
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