The German Finance Minister, Lars Klingbeil, said that he was “firmly convinced” of the need, in the interests of “fairness”, for “groups making profits from the crisis to also share in its costs”, on Monday 4 May on his arrival at the Eurogroup, during which the Ministers discussed the macroeconomic impact of the war in the Middle East.
Aware that there is currently “no majority” at European level in favour of “a windfall tax” on energy groups, Mr Klingbeil nevertheless...