Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 7
Klingbeil Recalls June Call With Deutsche Bank CEO on Germany Reforms
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 7

Klingbeil Recalls June Call With Deutsche Bank CEO on Germany Reforms

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 7

Summary

  • Lars Klingbeil said at a June conference in Berlin that a weekend call with Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing helped shape his thinking on Germany’s reform agenda.
  • Christian Sewing and Siemens CEO Roland Busch had just appeared on a panel before the finance minister took the stage and cited their discussion about what “needs to happen in Germany.”
  • Klingbeil said topics now at the center of Germany’s policy debate were already familiar from that conversation, underscoring Deutsche Bank’s access as reform discussions intensify in Berlin.

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