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'''Wolfgang Schäuble''' was a [[neoliberal]] [[Federal Republic of Germany|German]] politician. He most notably served as Minister of Finance under [[Angela Merkel|Angela Merkel's]] governments from 2009 to 2017. He also served in various other government positions under Angela Merkel's and [[Helmut Kohl]]'s governments. | '''Wolfgang Schäuble''' was a [[neoliberal]] [[Federal Republic of Germany|German]] politician. He most notably served as Minister of Finance under [[Angela Merkel|Angela Merkel's]] governments from 2009 to 2017. He also served in various other government positions under Angela Merkel's and [[Helmut Kohl]]'s governments. | ||
== Political | == Political Positions == | ||
Schäuble supported the imperialist [[Iraq War|2003 invasion of Iraq]]. | Schäuble supported the imperialist [[Iraq War|2003 invasion of Iraq]]. | ||
Schäuble told people "to wear a second sweatshirt" due to the 2022 energy crisis in Germany. | |||
He also was one of the key people in the [[Greek government debt crisis]] of 2009-2018.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Ημερόδρομος|title=Πέθανε ο Βόλφγκανγκ Σόιμπλε – Πρωταγωνιστής των μνημονίων και των δημοσιονομικών πολιτικών λιτότητας|date=2023-12-27|url=https://www.imerodromos.gr/pethane-o-volfgkangk-soimple-protagonisths-ton-mnhmonion-kai-ton-dhmosionomikon-politikon-litothtas/}}</ref> | |||
He | He also received harsh criticism from [[Yanis Varoufakis]], who had also served as Minister of Finance during the 2015 Grexit crisis.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Yanis Varoufakis|newspaper=Die Zeit|title=Zu Schäubles Plan gehörte es, Griechenland fallen zu lassen|date=2015-07-15|url=https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2015-07/yanis-varoufakis-wolfgang-schaeuble-gastbeitrag-zeit-griechenland-opfer}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||