Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and Finance Minister during Euro debt crisis, dies at 81

Schaeuble became Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Finance Minister in October 2009, just before revelations about Greece’s ballooning budget deficit set off the crisis that engulfed the continent and threatened to destabilise the world’s financial order

Wolgang Schäuble, guardião da austeridade fiscal europeia, morre aos 81 anos

Ex-ministro das Finanças alemão enfrentou a crise da dívida do euro e defendeu fortes medidas de ajuste nas economias de Portugal e Grécia Wolfgang Schäuble, que ajudou a construir a reunificação alemã e se tornou a imagem da austeridade fiscal durante a crise da dívida do euro, morreu na noite de terça-feira, aos 81 anos. Paralisado da cintura para baixo e em uma cadeira de rodas após sofrer um atentado durante um comício em 1990, Schäuble hav…

Wolfgang Schaeuble, veteran of German politics, dies at 81

Wolfgang Schaeuble, who served as a member of the German parliament for over half a century, has died aged 81, ending one of Germany's longest political careers in which he helped secure his country's place at the heart of Europe.

Angela Merkel's former finance chief Wolfgang Schaeuble dies at 81

Throughout his career, Schaeuble advocated for European unity and pushed for tough measures to control government deficits.

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Europe out of its debt crisis more than two decades later, has died. He was 81. Schaeuble died at home on Tuesday evening, his family told German n...

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German finance minister during eurozone debt crisis, dies aged 81

Angela Merkel said Schaeuble was a “political teacher” when she was a young minister in the 1990s.