Symposium with opening statements by Jobst Fiedler (Professor of Public & Financial Management, Hertie School) and Werner Gatzer (State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance). Panel discussion with Peter-Jürgen Schneider (Minister of Finance, State of Lower Saxony), Thomas Losse-Müller (State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Schleswig-Holstein), Hubert Schulte (former State Council), and Margaretha Sudhof (State Secretary, Senate Department of Finance, Berlin) among others.