Economics

Germany’s ‘Friendly Hawk’ Signals How Far He’s Willing to Bend

Lindner’s appointment of Feld points to conservative approach
Finance minister campaigned on a fiscally prudent platform

Christian Lindner
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg

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By Carolynn Look

February 22, 2022 at 5:00 AM UTC

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Germany’s new Finance Minister Christian Lindner has sent a signal on how far he’s willing to loosen his country’s traditionally conservative economic and fiscal policies at the moment: not that much.