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European Economic Policy Forum

A Restart for the Franco-German Engine

October 27, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions
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European Economic Policy Forum

A Restart for the Franco-German Engine

October 27, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Lower Level Conference Room, Adolphus Busch Hall Directions
Jakob von Weizsäcker
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Jakob von Weizsäcker
Minister of Finance and Science of the Saarland

Moderated by

Hans-Helmut Kotz
Hans-Helmut Kotz
Visiting Professor of Economics, Resident Faculty, & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Member of the Executive Board, German Bundesbank (2002-2012)
 
October 27, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm
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To inform the debate of the 25th Franco-German Council of Ministers in Toulon on August 29, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz commissioned two French and two German economists to provide policy-oriented input. The result was a memo to address challenges in five policy domains: defense, energy, productivity and growth, labor markets and trade with China.

A core point of the submitted memo was that at this critical geo-economic juncture Europe needed strong Franco-German leadership. Based on this memo, the Franco-German Council concluded with an ambitious list of projects.

Join Jakob von Weizsäcker, Minister of Finance and Science of the Saarland, one of the authors of the memo, to discuss the Franco-German initiatives.

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