Bershidsky, Leonid, (2017), “Schaeuble Leaves, But His Ideas Are Here to Stay”, Bloomberg View, 10 October
Wolfgang Schaeuble was the euro zone’s longest-serving finance minister until the realities of German coalition-building sent him to the parliament speaker’s post last month. His legacy, laid out in a recent interview and a leaked document, should be taken seriously. Even without him, Germany will continue to hold back support for sweeping reforms of the euro area’s fiscal management, but will try to ensure its tougher policing.
Relevant Posts
- Zettelmeyer, Jeromin, (2017), «Yes, the German election has created a problem for euro area reform.», Peterson Institute for International Economics, 27 September
- Bloomberg View, (2017), «What Germany Wants Isn’t What Europe Needs», 19 September