Schäuble leaves financial policy

The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks).Wolfgang Schäuble, long-standing German finance minister, was to become the speaker of the Bundestag, following the federal elections in Germany on the 24 September 2017.

Although as the watchdog of austerity in the economic crisis he was hated by many Southern Europeans, his experience and principled approach would soon be missed, commentators from Italy and Portugal predict.

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Politico, 27.09.17: Schäuble’s shift to parliament marks end of an era http://www.politico.eu/article/wolfgang-schaeuble-shift-to-parliament-marks-end-of-an-era/

The Guardian, 27.09.17: German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble to be Bundestag speaker https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/27/wolfgang-schauble-quits-as-german-finance-minister-for-bundestag-role

Deutsche Welle, 27.09.17: CDU Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble to become Bundestag president http://p.dw.com/p/2koDQ

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 10.10.17: Wolfgang Schäuble’s Europe http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/73336?lang=en

BBC News, 11.10.17: Theresa May urges Donald Trump to keep Iran nuclear deal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41575846

Al Jazeera, 11.10.17: Trump threats over nuclear deal muffle Iran reformists http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/trump-threats-nuclear-deal-muffle-reformists-171011055025802.html

The Guardian, 11.10.17: 'We are on a tightrope': Trump poised to walk away from Iran nuclear deal https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/trump-walk-away-us-iran-nuclear-deal

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