Finance Ministers Conference
The Finance Ministers Conference (FMK) is the permanent conference of finance ministers from the 16 German states . Like the other specialist ministerial conferences, it is not an organ of the Federal Council and not involved in its legislative process. It serves exclusively for the voluntary coordination between the countries in questions of financial policy of supraregional importance. The chairmanship changes annually and has been with the Rhineland-Palatinate Finance Minister Doris Ahnen (SPD) since January 1, 2020 .
The Finance Ministers' Conference meets around twelve times a year, mostly following the meetings of the Federal Council Finance Committee. In addition, the finance ministers of the federal states meet once a year for an annual meeting. The FMK is supported by a secretariat at the Federal Council administration, which, however, is not responsible for public relations . The deliberations in the conference of finance ministers are confidential. The request for an interim report on the Freedom of Information Act was rejected in 2016 on the grounds that it was a process of decision-making between authorities that is not subject to public access.
See also
- Specialist ministerial conferences of the German states
- List of incumbent German state finance ministers
Individual evidence
- ↑ SWR Aktuell: Ahnen takes over the chairmanship of the conference of finance ministers. Retrieved December 5, 2019 .
- ^ Tasks and working methods of the Conference of Finance Ministers. Hessian Ministry of Finance, accessed on June 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Interim report for the conference of finance ministers on the reform of the real estate transfer tax on the sale of company shares. Retrieved June 17, 2017 .