Wolfgang Schauble
Wolfgang Schauble
Wolfgang Schäubleis a German politician of the Christian Democratic Unionwho has served as Germany's Federal Minister of Finance in the second and third Merkel cabinets since 2009...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 September 1942
CountryGermany
agree contract countries examine experts option presenting
We agree that experts from our countries must examine the option of presenting an integration contract to new immigrants.
euro
The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.
good
Mr. Geithner is an excellent minister. We have a good personal relationship.
prepared public run willing
If you are prepared to run for public office, you also have to be willing to accept a debate about you.
I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.
bankruptcy government
I think there will be no government bankruptcy in Greece.
again badly based experience future human might worries
Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.
along created grown laborious people possible ready since union willing
This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't ready for that. But since then, they've grown more willing to go in that direction. It's a process, one that is sometimes laborious and sometimes slow. But it's important to keep the populations involved.
private
My private financial situation is such that I don't need to worry about my investments. I don't have much to invest.
clearly
Europe should speak more effectively and clearly with one voice in the world.
change crisis foster towards
Crisis and pressure help foster change - that's why I'm not so pessimistic towards crises.
allow bankruptcy cannot euro second state
We cannot allow the bankruptcy of a euro member state like Greece to turn into a second Lehman Brothers.
account declining deficits exporting portugal several spain
There are several silver linings on the horizon. The current account deficits in Spain and Portugal are declining because they have become more competitive and they're exporting more.
good imagined politician year
I've been a politician long enough to know that every year will find us living in a situation that one couldn't have imagined a year previously. Sometimes it's better than we imagined, sometimes it's not as good.