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Policy Article

Can Germany escape the debt trap? Perspectives for the federal budget (in German)

Authors

  • Klodt
  • H.

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Key Words

Reduction of Subsidies

subsidies

Tax policy

Related Topics

Tax Policy

Fiscal Policy & National Budgets

Germany

The German federal minister of finance is faced with sizeable challenges. In order to comply with the “debt brake” law, EUR 42 billion have to be cut from the federal budget. Henning Klodt explains how the federal minister of finance can get Germany out of the debt trap.

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