Op-eD – Germany, France and Italy to Redefine the European Union

The liberal Christian Lindner will be the powerful finance minister in the new German government of Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The two will shape the political line of the European Union after Angela Merkel’s definitive departure from the scene. And their first task will be to put the European train back on the rails of orthodoxy, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the relaxation of budgetary control measures. 1 January 2023 is the date already set by the Commission to re-establish the basic principles of not exceeding the 3% maximum public deficit and 60% of GDP of debt. Lindner, the…