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Armin Steinbach

@steinbacharmin.bsky.social

Director-General at German Ministry of Finance Professor of law and economics at HEC Paris & LSE www.arminsteinbach.com

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Minister Klingbeil discussing with Scott Bessent to strengthen joint US-German positions on issues like trade, finance and broader geopolitics. After all a worthy trip to Washington this week.

09.08.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”€ Germany's fiscal rules dilemma

πŸ’‘ @steinbacharmin.bsky.social and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social dig into the details of what the debt brake relaxation means for government spending, and why this sits awkwardly with the EU's new fiscal rules.

πŸ’­ Time to reform the reform?

πŸ”— buff.ly/0VydQr6
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24.04.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The proposed European Defence Mechanism: questions and answers Answering ten questions on the proposed EDM

πŸ›‘οΈ The proposed European Defence Mechanism: questions and answers

@steinbacharmin.bsky.social @guntramwolff.bsky.social and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social respond to questions they have received from experts regarding the details of their proposal.

πŸ”— Read the Analysis here: buff.ly/5Uy26zd
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17.04.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The governance and funding of European rearmament Improving economic policy

πŸͺ– The governance and funding of European rearmament

@steinbacharmin.bsky.social @guntramwolff.bsky.social and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social assess how additional efforts can be made to improve the governance and financing of European rearmament.

πŸ”— Policy Brief here! buff.ly/sJj0mep
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07.04.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not see this breach. Nothing in the escape clause prevents a 'partial' activation.

In fact, COM does it like in Germany: Constitution only allows debt-financing for emergency measures, NOT other measures, ie 'partial' not 'full'

Hence only 'partial' control account

I share your other points

20.03.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Schuldenbremse: Reform im Eilverfahren notwendig? Interview Armin Steinbach

Da in punkto Schuldenbremse schon (fast) alles gesagt wurde, nur noch nicht von jedem, hab ich heute im DLF auch meinen Senf dazu abgegeben.

GrundsΓ€tzliches, aber auch zum aktuellen Turbo-Verfahren einer VerfassungsΓ€nderung

www.deutschlandfunk.de/schuldenbrem...

25.02.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right. Rather for urgent cases.
In past, this happend only once (to my knowledge): 1998 when Kohl after he lost the election he asked the "old" Bundestag to approve the NATO intervention on the Balkan. NATO could not wait for the new Bundestag.
No such emergency case with debt brake.

24.02.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Germany 35 years after reunification (election winners by district, blue is AfD)

24.02.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ–¨οΈFresh from the press πŸ–¨οΈ
EU Law and Economics @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

Grateful for the endorsements by
Pascal Lamy
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read open access academic.oup.com/book/59308

22.02.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former German Chancellor Angela #Merkel blamed her conservative #CDU party for passing a migration motion with the help of the far-right AfD

πŸ‘‰ HEC Paris's @steinbacharmin.bsky.social on electoral tensions in Germany ahead of the 23rd February vote‡️

30.01.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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