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Christian Lindner will officially begin his role as a Senior Advisor in March 2026. Christian has a deep understanding of the European economy and is a highly respected advisor on issues of competitiveness and innovation. He is also an expert in political management and stakeholder communications. At Teneo, Christian focuses on expanding the firm’s growth and performance across Europe and around the globe. Christian has over 25 years of experience in German and European politics and served as the Minister of Finance in Germany from 2021 to 2024. He was also chairman of Germany's liberal and pro-business party FDP for more than a decade, achieving great electoral success. Today, he is an entrepreneur and investor who serves on boards across European industry and German small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Christian studied political science and constitutional law in Bonn, was an entrepreneur before entering politics and serves as a major in the German Air Force Reserve. He is also a Knight of the French Legion of Honor and a recipient of the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.

... coalition leaders? Finance Minister Christian Lindner has further raised the stakes with his demand for a menu of supply-side reforms. These will be hard to accept for the Greens and the Social Democrats. Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold meetings with Lindner and the Greens’ Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck this week. What is the near-term outlook? If Lindner’s Liberals (FDP) pull out after a hi...

... ministry. However, Finance Minister Christian Lindner has pushed the deadline back to 2 Mai. Amid a currently expected budget hole of up to EUR 25bn, ministers will effectively have to present plans for cuts, likely further straining already tense relations within the traffic light coalition. For now, the goal is still to agree the 2025 budget by early July. Spain The Basque Country region will h...

... the mammoth task of stabilizing Eskom after load-shedding reached an all-time high this year.   Graph of the Week Germany’s traffic light coalition is losing voters’ confidence amid a fiscal crisis. A recent survey suggests that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is one of the least popular politicians in the country, with Finance Minister Christian Lindner only slightly more popular. This is consisten...

... European partners. Finance Minister Christian Lindner continues to push cabinet colleagues to limit their spending plans in preparation of a return to the “debt brake” in the 2024 budget. While this overall situation has led to criticism of Scholz’s leadership, the reality is that political majorities remain difficult to envisage without the inclusion of fiscally conservative views. The FDP...

... fiscally conservative Finance Minister Christian Lindner will highlight that thanks to an envisaged windfall tax, the new package does not endanger the envisaged 2023 return to the “debt brake”. Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will unveil a new relief package during his policy speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair on 10 September. The main element will be an electricity subs...

... by the commitment of Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s fiscally conservative Liberals (FDP) to return to a balanced budget for 2023. But this looks highly likely to slip in a rationing/recessionary scenario. Timing will matter. For now, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) are still adamant that they cannot override the FDP’s rejection of new support in 2022 on top of the rece...

... results for his FDP, Finance Minister Christian Lindner has left no doubt that the 2023 budget will deliver on his promise and return to the constitutionally mandated debt brake. But after an equally mixed start to the year, the SPD is already calling for a new “climate allowance” to support lower-income households amid elevated energy prices. These domestic debates might intensify in the run...