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Lindner Wants Gradual German Exit From Expansive Fiscal Policy

  • ‘Self-sustaining’ growth can lead Germany out of debt
  • Can’t rely on monetary policy to fuel economy, minister says
Christian Lindner

Christian Lindner

Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner called for a gradual retreat from expansive fiscal policy, pledging to comply with European Union limits on government borrowing again by 2030.

“We must enable self-sustaining economic growth in this country and at the same time lead the state out of debt,” Lindner said Tuesday in a speech to the lower house of parliament in Berlin.