Minister: Germany’s 2025 Budget Unlikely to Be Released Before Election
Germany 2025 Budget Unlikely Before Election: Minister Text size Germany’s government is unlikely to pass a 2025 budget before a snap election expected on February 23, newly appointed Finance Minister Joerg Kukies said Tuesday. “It is not realistic that the new federal budget for 2025 will be passed” before the general election, Kukies said at […]
Former Banker and Scholz Associate: Germany’s New Finance Minister
Ex-banker And Scholz Ally: Germany’s New Finance Minister Text size Joerg Kukies, Germany’s new finance minister, is a former investment banker who has long been one of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s closest advisers, most recently as a state secretary. The German leader first brought Kukies into the corridors of power in Berlin in 2018, when Scholz […]