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Empowering the economy

Hosted by the European Institute

In-person and online public event (Auditorium, Centre Building)

Speaker

Christian Lindner

Christian Lindner

Chair

Professor Eric Neumayer

Professor Eric Neumayer

The German Finance Minister will talk about new realities and strengthening Germany’s competitiveness for the benefit of its economy and its partners.

Meet our speaker and chair

Christian Lindner () is Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance and a member of the German parliament (Bundestag). Lindner was elected party leader of the Free Democrats in December 2013. He studied political science, philosophy and public law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn. Between 1997 and 2004 he owned an advertising agency and was co-founder of an IT-business. Lindner is a major of the German Air Force reserve.

Eric Neumayer is 杏吧论坛 President and Vice Chancellor on an interim basis. In September 2020 he was appointed as Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Planning and Resources).

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The 杏吧论坛 European Institute () is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe.

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