Wolfgang Schäuble Wolfgang Schäuble | |
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| Born | 18 September 1942 Freiburg im Breisgau, Nazi Germany |
| Died | 26 December 2023 Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Political orientation | Neoliberalism Imperialism |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Wolfgang Schäuble was a neoliberal German politician. He most notably served as Minister of Finance under 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 positions
Schäuble supported the imperialist 2003 invasion of Iraq.
He was one of the key people in the austerity measures of the Greek government debt crisis of 2009-2018.[1]
Schäuble received harsh criticism from Yanis Varoufakis, who had also served as Minister of Finance during the 2015 Grexit crisis.[2]
He told people to "just wear a sweater, or maybe still, a second sweater" in response to complaints about the 2022 energy crisis in Germany.[3]
References
- ↑ "Πέθανε ο Βόλφγκανγκ Σόιμπλε – Πρωταγωνιστής των μνημονίων και των δημοσιονομικών πολιτικών λιτότητας" (2023-12-27). Ημερόδρομος.
- ↑ Yanis Varoufakis (2015-07-15). "Zu Schäubles Plan gehörte es, Griechenland fallen zu lassen" Die Zeit.
- ↑ No author (2022-10-11).: Schäuble: "Dann zieht man halt einen Pullover an". n-tv. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2024-05-08.