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From Marina Guldimann

Marina Guldimann (22) ist Junior Economist bei FiscalFuture, einer überparteilichen NGO, die sich für eine zukunftsfähige Finanzpolitik einsetzt. Die Initiative vertritt die Interessen junger Menschen im finanzpolitischen Diskurs und fördert ökonomische Bildung, indem sie Veranstaltungen und Workshops organisiert. Marina Guldimann hat Ökonomie und Politische Theorie an der SciencesPo in Reims studiert. — Marina Guldimann is a Junior Economist at Fiscal Future, a non-partisan NGO that campaigns for a sustainable fiscal policy
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In the dispute over the German debt brake, Finance Minister Christian Lindner likes to refer to the strict EU fiscal rules. But he is making it too easy for himself, writes Marina Guldimann from Fiscal Future in today’s Opinion. Germany’s problem is an anti-growth austerity policy.

Last April, the EU member states agreed on a reform of the EU fiscal rules, which is now taking effect. Finance Minister Christian Lindner in particular had insisted on strict numerical limits – which must now also be applied in Germany. Lindner’s argument: not only the German debt brake, but also the EU fiscal rules would force him to make savings.

‘Rigid debt limits jeopardize the room for manoeuvre of future generations’

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