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Explainer-What Is Happening With Germany’s 2024 Budget?
Date: December 12, 2023
Explainer-What is happening with Germany’s 2024 budget? By Maria Martinez and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner resumed talks on Tuesday to find an agreement on the 2024 draft budget after a constitutional court ruling threw their financial plans into disarray. Here are...
German 2024 Budget Could Be Ready Soon – Scholz
Date: December 11, 2023
German 2024 budget could be ready soon – Scholz BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s coalition partners could soon finalise a draft budget for 2024, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday in Berlin. “We have made so much progress that we can be very confident that we will be able to communicate the results to you soon,” said...
German Budget Crisis Talks Enter Crunch Week
Date: December 4, 2023
German budget crisis talks enter crunch week BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Economy Minister Robert Habeck held talks over the weekend to try to agree a budget for 2024 after a constitutional court ruling threw the government’s finances into disarray. Habeck also cancelled his trip to global climate...
Britain’s Sunak Tries to Reclaim Climate Narrative With $2 Billion Pledge
Date: December 1, 2023
Britain’s Sunak tries to reclaim climate narrative with $2 billion pledge DUBAI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will pledge 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) in funding at the U.N. climate summit on Friday, an attempt to bolster his green credentials after watering down Britain’s measures to reach net zero targets. Sunak, in Dubai for...
Germany Approves Global Minimum Corporate Tax
Date: November 10, 2023
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax BERLIN (Reuters) – The German parliament on Friday approved the implementation of a global minimum corporate tax, as part of an international deal to ensure large companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15%. Multinational firms will have to pay that level of tax on all of the profits...
Italy to Soften Plans to Hike Retirement Age in 2024, Draft Budget Shows
Date: October 27, 2023
Italy to soften plans to hike retirement age in 2024, draft budget shows ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government has softened plans to hike the retirement age from next year, under a draft budget seen by Reuters on Friday. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government this month said it planned to tighten in 2024 a temporary regime...