Yuriko Backes, Luxembourg's Minister of Finance;
Credit: MFIN
Luxembourg's Minister of Finance has confirmed that Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, will take part in the traditional meeting of German-speaking finance ministers in Switzerland on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 August 2022.
The Swiss Federal Councilor Ueli Maurer invited Luxembourg's Minister of Finance to the informal conference in Eschenz in the canton of Thurgau, along with his counterparts Christian Lindner (Germany), Daniel Risch (Liechtenstein) and Magnus Brunner (Austria).
The topics of this year's meeting are related to the war in Ukraine. The current economic situation and the effects of the war are at the top of the agenda. An exchange on international tax issues is also planned as part of the talks.
The annual meetings of the German-speaking finance ministers are organised alternately by the participating countries. Luxembourg last hosted in 2019.
