Brewing Conflict over Greece: Germany’s Finance Minister Mulls Taking on Merkel

Major feature. By June 2015 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble appears to have given up hope of a satisfactory outcome to the Greek crisis, the author argue. Unlike Chancellor Merkel he was willing to cut the rope on Athens. But will he dare to dig in his heels and defy Merkel?

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ESO: Background information: Greece, Germany And The Eurozone http://www.europeansources.info/record/greece-germany-and-the-eurozone/

ESO: Background information: Brussels talks halted as pressure on Greece mounts http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-talks-halted-as-pressure-on-greece-mounts/

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis: Key sources http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

Politico, 25.08.15: ‘I’m rumored to be a little stubborn’ http://www.politico.eu/article/schauble-merkel-germany-grexit-varoufakis/

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