The German and French finance ministers, Christian Lindner and Bruno Le Maire, said on Monday 25 July that their two countries were deploying “exactly the same strategy” to deal with the economic repercussions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to Mr Le Maire, who was awarded the Verdienstkreuz in Berlin on the same day, this strategy is based on three pillars: - support, for a limited time, for those most affected by inflation and in particular rising energy prices; -...