German Finance Minister Christian Lindner held a meeting with his French counterpart, Bruno Le Mer, in the French capital, Paris, to search for a joint path in the economic crisis.
During the meeting, the two ministers said that combating inflation has the utmost priority, as well as providing assistance directed to troubled families and companies, in addition to restoring balance for public funds.
Regarding France’s concern about the impact of corporate aid to the competition, Lindner said that this aid should not distort competition between Germany and France, adding that this was not the intention of Germany.
In a statement, the two ministers stressed the necessity of German -French solidarity and the initial agreement on the goals of fiscal and economic policy.
The two ministers did not offer a joint plan, to reform the European Union’s stability and growth charter, as a joint response to the American anti -inflation law, which the European Union fears will lead to the migration of European companies to the United States.
Lumer had expressed his support in this regard to put forward steps to give preferential advantages to European companies, while Lindner suggested improving the financing of private and public companies.
The German -French axis stumbled due to the different positions between Berlin and Paris on major issues such as energy, defense and industry policy in addition to the lack of communication, and this difference was evident in the postponement of the joint cabinet contract of the German and French government before a short date of its specified date, and this council has been postponed. To January.
The two countries made efforts to re -agree again to its course, by holding a series of ministerial meetings, and French President Emmanuel Macron received Lindner during his visit to Paris..
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