Tax & Spend
France and Germany Ramp Up Efforts to Reach EU Fiscal Deal
- Le Maire to head to Berlin in coming days for further talks
- Lindner says he’s more optimistic about political deal in 2023
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France and Germany are ramping up efforts to find a joint agreement on new fiscal rules that could pave the way for a European Union deal by the end of the year, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.
He plans to head to Berlin in the coming days for talks with German counterpart Christian Lindner to try to make progress, he told reporters ahead of a meeting of EU finance chiefs in Brussels on Thursday.