Wolfgang Schaeuble
Greece
German FinMin Schaeuble: War Reparations Issue Is Over
The long standing dispute regarding Germany's war reparations toward Greece have once again topped news headlines in both countries, amid a “cold” period in their relations. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has once again ruled out the possibility of a...
Economy
German Chancellor Merkel Believes the Eurozone Can Bear a Grexit But Fears Instability
German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes the Eurozone can bear a possible Grexit but worries about geopolitics, German senior officials said, according to Euro Insight. Europe’s Iron Lady appears determined to prevent Greece’s exit from the single currency by accident,...
Economy
Greek Defense Minister: If Greece Leaves the Euro, Spain and Italy Will Follow
His belief that if Greece is forced to exit the Eurozone, a domino effect will begin, sweeping off Spain and Italy, expressed Greek Defense Minister and junior coalition government partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos. In an interview to German newspaper Bild,...
Economy
Schaeuble to Varoufakis: If You Want to Leave the Euro, We Will Help
The causes of the Greek problem are not to be tracked in Brussels, Europe or Germany. They should be tracked in Greece because it had been living above its capabilities for a long time, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in...
Economy
German Govt Spokesman: No Feud Between Germany and Greece
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert rejected the talk about a personal dispute between Greece and Germany, noting that Chancellor Angela Merkel's goal is to keep Greece in the Eurozone. He pointed out that the responsibility for finding a solution...
Economy
Merkel's Right Hand: No Special Treatment for Greece
"No special treatment for Greece," said CDU lawmaker Volker Kauder, adding a new episode in the caustic verbal exchange between Greek and German officials.
Kauder, who is considered to be Angela Merkel's "right hand," spoke to German newspaper Bild on...
Economy
German FinMin: A Grexit or Grexident is Not Ruled Out
Greece must help itself because a Grexit or a Grexident is not ruled out, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble speaking on Austrian television on Thursday.
As the verbal exchange between Schaeuble and Athens continues, the German finance minister spoke...
Greece
Greek Foreign Ministry: Demarche to Germany Was not Based on Misinterpretation
The demarche made to the German government by Greece was not based on misinterpretation, Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Constantinos Koutras said on Thursday, in response to a German journalist’s question on the matter.
"It was very mistakenly reported by a...
Economy
German FinMin: Accusations Over Derogatory Statements for Greek Counterpart Are 'Nonsense'
At a time when the relations between Athens and Berlin seem to reach bottom, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble characterized the accusations that he described his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis as "foolishly naive," after a Brussels Eurogroup meeting on Monday...
Greece
Athens' Demarche to Berlin Over Schaeuble's Statements on Varoufakis
The ambassador of the Greek Republic in Berlin, following an order of the Greek Foreign ministry, late on Tuesday made a demarche to the German Foreign ministry in order to express Greece's discontent over German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's...