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All European countries are determined to keep this European currency stable, and we have the means to do it
Germany says it will stand behind euro Dec 11, 2010
We are standing before the real risk of the first full-blown bankruptcy inside the eurozone
Schaeuble says Greece is close to broke Jun 09, 2011
I understand that there is resistance among the Greek population to austerity measures. But in the end it is up to Greece whether it can fulfill the conditions necessary for membership of the common currency. We offer no discounts
Merkel urges calm approach to crisis Sep 10, 2011
This is a sign of trust in the eurozone, that the euro is stable and that Europe remains an interesting place to invest in
China shopping to save the eurozone Jan 14, 2011
The basic decision was for fiscal and budgetary policy to be decided on the national level
Germany open to talks on fiscal integration Dec 13, 2010
Wolfgang Schäuble (born 18 September 1942) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), currently serving as the Federal Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet Merkel.
From 1984 to 1991 he was a member of Helmut Kohl's cabinet, first as Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany and Chief of the Chancellery and then as Federal Minister of the Interior. Between 1991 and 2000, he was chairman of the CDU/CSU group in the parliament, and from 1998 to 2000 also CDU party chairman. He served again as Federal Minister of the Interior in the First Cabinet Merkel from 2005 to 2009.
Schäuble was born in Freiburg im Breisgau as the son of a tax finance advisor. After completing his Abitur in 1961, Schäuble studied law and economics in Freiburg im Breisgau and Hamburg, which he completed in 1966 and 1970 by passing the First and Second State Examinations respectively, becoming a fully qualified lawyer.