Christian Lindner
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 45 |
| Date of birth | January 7,1979 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Wuppertal |
| Germany | |
| Height | 186 (cm) |
| Spouse | Dagmar Rosenfeld-Lindner |
| Franca Lehfeldt | |
| Party | Free Democratic Party |
| Office | Member of the Bundestag |
| Official site | christian-lindner.de |
| Education | University of Bonn |
| Parents | Martina Hessling |
| Wolfgang Lindner | |
| Books | Applying Production Concepts Over Borders: Good Intentions and the Limits of Foreign Culture Understanding |
| Position | Member of the German Bundestag |
| Member of the German Bundestag since 2017 | |
| Children | Martina Hessling |
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| ID | 408404 |
Christian Lindner Life story
Christian Wolfgang Lindner is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Finance since 8 December 2021.
Brexit: 'Call us' on trade, says German finance minister Christian Lindner
... In a BBC interview, Christian Lindner said: " If you want to intensify your trade relationship with the EU - call us! " A government spokesperson said the UK was open to " new opportunities" across the globe...
Katty Kay: A growing case of transatlantic heartburn
... The German Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, bluntly suggested American politicians just needed to grow up...
Germans split as last three nuclear power stations go off grid
... Meanwhile Christian Lindner, finance minister and head of the liberal FDP party - which is in Olaf Scholz three-way governing coalition - this week again rebelled against the government s official line and called for the three power stations to stay active in reserve...
G20 meeting deadlocked over calling out Ukraine war
... German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, said: " This is a war...
Germany says it is no longer reliant on Russian energy
... Christian Lindner said Germany had completely diversified its energy infrastructure since Russia s invasion of Ukraine last year...
Germany to stop Russian oil imports by end of this year
... Germany s finance minister, Christian Lindner, told the BBC that his country was working " as fast as possible" to implement an embargo on Russian energy...
Ukraine conflict: Putin's war prompts dramatic German U-turn
... And a liberal finance minister, Christian Lindner, told MPs that the toughest sanctions imaginable were now necessary, even though they would hit the economy hard...
Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
... Christian Lindner: As finance minister it s the Free Democrat leader who will hold the purse strings and much of the power...
Germany to stop Russian oil imports by end of this year
Germany has said it will halt imports of Russian oil by The End of this year.
" We will halve oil by the summer and will be at zero by The End of the year, And Then gas will follow, " said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock .
Germany currently buys a quarter of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia and has warned that it could face a recession if supplies suddenly stopped.
The US has already banned Russian oil imports, while the UK plans to phase them out by The End of the year.
Ms Baerbock said Germany would follow a " European roadmap" in phasing out oil and gas imports.
The EU has said it will make Europe independent from Russian energy " well before 2030".
" Our joint exit, the complete exit of the European Union , is our common strength, " Ms Baerbock said.
Germany has already called off the opening of Russian gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, in response to The War .
'As fast as possible'Earlier This Week , German economic institutes warned that immediately halting Russian imports would spark a sharp recession in Europe's biggest economy by 2023.
has criticised Germany for falling short compared to The Commitments made by the US and the UK to curb Russian energy imports.
Germany's Finance Minister , Christian Lindner , told The Bbc that his country was working " as fast as possible" to implement an embargo on Russian energy.
He Said an immediate halt to Russian energy imports could see the physical shutdown of German manufacturers and carmakers.
Mr Lindner said that Germany's aim was to enforce sanctions which would " which hurt him (Putin) More Than us as Europeans and our single market".
" I don't fear economic costs (of buying less Russian energy). I fear the physical scenario, if you have to stop the supply, for a complete Production Line , this causes More Than economic costs, " Mr Lindner told The Bbc .
Mr Lindner said Russia was responsible for many of the economic and geopolitical issues hitting The World economy.
" Russia is responsible for all the geopolitical and economic risks" arising from The War - Inflation , food crisis and a serious debt crisis in developing countries"
He also criticised the approach of previous German governments regarding the country's dependence on Russian energy.
" It was a strategic miscalculation from German governments, over The Last two decades, and now we have to work on energy diversification. "
He also insisted that Vladimir Putin 's calculation that Germany would continue to rely on Russian energy was " wrong".
About 60% of Russia's oil exports go to Europe, and another 20% go to China .
Source of news: bbc.com
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