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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...

ND Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis Meets With Wolfgang Schaeuble in Berlin

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday had a meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Berlin, which lasted roughly 70 minutes ending at 2 p.m. Greek time. The meeting was held at the German finance ministry...

German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble Brushes Aside, Again, Need for Greek Debt Relief

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he believes the bailout review for Greece will be completed by Easter or the end of April. He also said there are no reasons at this time to consider making decisions regarding debt relief. “There...

Spokeswoman for German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble: 'Greek Reforms Must Continue'

"The reforms must continue", German Finance Ministry alternate spokeswoman Friederike von Tiesenhausen said on Friday. "It is well known that due to the elections procedure in Greece, the implementation of reforms was not the first priority," she added. She underlined...

Wolfgang Schaeuble: Future Greek Aid Package Smaller

AP - Germany΄s finance minister says he expects a future aid package for Greece to be much smaller than the country΄s existing rescue deals. In two bailout packages so far, Greece΄s European partners and the International Monetary Fund have committed...

Wolfgang Schaeuble Told MPs Greek Plan Short of Target

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told conservative lawmakers on Friday that existing Greek reform pledges would not bring its debt down to levels that are considered sustainable, sources who attended the meeting said. "Schaeuble said the current plans would leave...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)

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...

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...

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...

Schaeuble to Bild: The Most Dramatic Moment Was Summer of 2015 Over Program for Greece

"Greece has implemented many reforms and is on a good path," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday in an interview with Bild newspaper. The most dramatic moment over the last four years was the dispute over the program...