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Germany's Schaeuble Admits Greece in Much Better Shape Now
Germany's former finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble admitted on Friday that the Greek economy is in a much better position than it was eight years ago.
Speaking with Greece's TA NEA newspaper, the German politician noted that "Greece is in a...
Economy
German Ex-Finance Minister Schäuble Admits ''I Asked a Lot From The Greeks''
Wolfgang Schäuble, the former Finance minister of Germany and the current President of the German Parliament, gave an interview to Berliner Morgenpost newspaper on Monday in which he admitted that he ''asked a lot from the Greeks'' during the...
Economy
Schaeuble: I was Accused of Being Very Generous with Greece (video)
"I have been accused of being very generous with Greece." These were the remarks of former German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
Schaeuble had been the finance minister of Germany—Greece's biggest lender—during the crucial years...
Economy
German Finance Minister: Greek Debt Relief Must be Tied to Growth Plan
Any debt-relief measures for Greece will be discussed only after Athens presents a credible program that focuses on growth, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said.
The German finance minister, interviewed in Sunday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said Berlin's position -- and...
Economy
Yanis Varoufakis Challenges Wolfgang Schaeuble: "Prove Me Wrong"
Former Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is notorious for challenging EU officials over the Greek bailout programme and Wolfgang Schaeuble's interview on Skai TV last night opened another chapter in the public duel between the two men.
In an open...
Economy
Former German FinMin: I Told Tsipras Why I Wish he Loses Election
Former German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that in 2014 he told Alexis Tsipras that he wishes him to lose in the 2015 election because he could not stay true to his promise to keep Greece in the eurozone...
Economy
Greece will Soon be Able to Access the Markets, Schaeuble Says
Greece is currently on a good path and, even though it has not fully overcome the problem, the more pessimistic forecasts of the critics were not borne out, outgoing German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview due...
Greece
Greek FinMin: Nothing will be the Same Without Schaeuble
Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos wrote "Nothing will be the same" on the EU flag, as a farewell note to departing German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, on Monday.
Monday's Eurogroup in Luxembourg ended with a sentimental note as Schaeuble participated...
Economy
German FinMin Schaeuble: Greece's Economy is Well on Track
Greece's economy is well on track, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Saturday in an interview with French radio Intel Radio.
Confidence has returned, but Greece must continue its efforts, he added.
(Source: AMNA)
Economy
German FDP Leader Critisizes Fin Min Schaeuble over Greek Bailout
In an interview with Handelsblatt newspaper, FDP leader Christian Lindner, among the candidates to take over the Finance ministry in the next German government, accused former Fin Min Wolfgang Schaeuble over his handling of the Greek bailout.
Lindner ruled out...
Economy
Schaeuble to Leave German FinMin: Not Necessarily Good News for Greece
Germany's pro-austerity Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is ready to quit his job and become head of the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said on Wednesday, following Sunday's election.
Schaeuble is deeply...
Economy
German FinMin: Greek Debt Relief Not on the Agenda for Now
Greek debt relief is not on the agenda for now, and Greece must press ahead with implementing reforms in order to become more competitive, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.
Schaeuble spoke to German newspaper Mannheimer Morgen. When asked if...
Economy
German FinMin Claims Credit for Pushing Greeks to Implement Crucial Reforms
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has reportedly claimed credit for pushing Greece to adopt much-needed structural reforms.
“One day, will erect a monument in my honor,” Schaeuble was quoted by Handelsblatt newspaper as saying during an election rally in...
Business
Germany's Schaeuble Proposes ESM Use for Investments in Greece – With a Price
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is working on a proposal that would allow southern eurozone countries to tap into the single currency bloc's bailout fund to boost investments during recession, a German newspaper reports.
If the unsourced report in the...
Greece
SYRIZA Accused of Nepotism after Minister’s Father Gets Public Office
Opposition parties reacted with sarcastic venom to the announcement that the economist Stelios Pappas, father of Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas, has been appointed as the new president of the recently re-nationalised Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH).
SYRIZA, which came...