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The members of the German Council of Economic Experts have appointed unanimously Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars P. Feld as its new chairman with immediate effect.
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The National Productivity Dialogue took place on 10 February 2020 for the first time. The German Council of Economic Experts has organised the Dialogue as National Productivity Board together with the representation of the European Commission in Berlin.
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Today, the quiet period of the German Council of Economic Experts begins. The council members will not make any public statements until the annual report has been handed over to the German government on 6 November 2019.
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In a joint by-lined article in the ‘Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung’, the French and German economic councils argue for a uniform carbon price across all EU member states and sectors (in German only).