France and Germany See EU Deal on Fiscal Rules on Wednesday

  • Le Maire, Lindner reached bilateral agreement late Tuesday
  • The EU’s finance ministers are due to hold a virtual meeting
Bruno Le Maire, left, and Christian Lindner in Berlin, in September.Source: Getty Images Europe
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The finance ministers of the European Union’s two biggest economies said they are confident they will reach a deal on new fiscal rules with their counterparts from the bloc at a virtual meeting on Wednesday.

France’s Bruno Le Maire and Germany’s Christian Lindner clinched a bilateral agreement late on Tuesday, the French minister said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The ministers expect this to help convince others.