After the meeting in Essen, the G 8 finance ministers will now further pursue the discussion on the transparency of hedge funds. Furthermore, the ministers will discuss the preconditions for successful budgetary consolidation, the development of bond markets in threshold countries as well as the efforts being made by our African partners for good governance in fiscal policy. Not least, the significance of taxes and emissions trading for energy efficiency and climate protection will be discussed.
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Jörg Schneider
Tel.: (+49) 30 2242 4835
Fax: (+49) 30 2242 2394
E-mail: g8pressaccred@bmf.bund.de
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Meeting of G 8 finance ministers at the Resort Schwielowsee near Potsdam on 18/19 May
Sat, 14.04.2007
Photo: REGIERUNGonline
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The 2007 meeting of the G 8 finance ministers will take place at the Resort Schwielowsee near Potsdam on 18/19 May, chaired by Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance, Peer Steinbrück.
