https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, the warhorse of the debt crisis, attends his final meeting of Eurozone ministers on Monday as variously the most loathed or loved figures in EU politics. https://www.thelocal.de/20171008/bad-cop-schuble-takes-eurozone-farewell-bow Sun, 08 Oct 2017 12:04:30 +0200 bad-cop-schuble-takes-eurozone-farewell-bow With Germany raking in more taxes due to strong economic performance, the leader of its liberal party has suggested state officials are enriching themselves at the cost of the taxpayer. https://www.thelocal.de/20170511/the-greed-of-the-german-state-has-become-almost-kleptocratic Thu, 11 May 2017 17:33:16 +0200 the-greed-of-the-german-state-has-become-almost-kleptocratic Update: A Greek far-left group on Thursday claimed it sent a parcel bomb to the German finance ministry, over six years after waging a similar campaign against European officials. https://www.thelocal.de/20170316/explosive-parcel-at-german-ministry-sent-from-greece Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:10:12 +0100 explosive-parcel-at-german-ministry-sent-from-greece The Greek debt crisis is back on the agenda again. With Athens needing yet more money to pay off its huge loans, Germany is once again being accused of prolonging the Hellenic tragedy. https://www.thelocal.de/20170221/heres-why-germany-is-so-tough-on-greece-over-its-debts Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:48:33 +0100 heres-why-germany-is-so-tough-on-greece-over-its-debts German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said during the World Economic Forum on Friday that his first reaction to the UK voting to leave the EU was a very tearful one. https://www.thelocal.de/20170120/my-first-reaction-to-brexit-was-that-i-cried-german-finance-minister Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:45:34 +0100 my-first-reaction-to-brexit-was-that-i-cried-german-finance-minister Germany's influential and veteran Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is deeply pro-European but unbending on the need to stick to commitments and seems at the end of his tether with debt-wracked Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150220/germany-finance-minister-wolfgang-schaeuble-merkels-euro-bad-cop Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:42:30 +0100 germany-finance-minister-wolfgang-schaeuble-merkels-euro-bad-cop Germany collected 7.3 percent more in tax in November 2014 than the same month last year thanks to the strengthening economy, the Finance Ministry said in its monthly report on Thursday, while pollsters found rising consumer confidence. https://www.thelocal.de/20141219/tax-take-up-73-percent-in-november-schauble-finance-ministry-economy Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:46:00 +0100 tax-take-up-73-percent-in-november-schauble-finance-ministry-economy Germany wants to promote structural economic, financial market and tax reform when it takes over the presidency of the G7 club of rich nations next week, German media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140629/germany-to-push-for-economic-reforms-in-g7 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:12:00 +0200 germany-to-push-for-economic-reforms-in-g7 Germany's Finance Minister said on Tuesday that Greece will need another rescue package after the current one expires next year, media reports said. https://www.thelocal.de/20130820/51495 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:56:00 +0200 51495 Germany plans to expand a credit scheme for small and medium enterprises from crisis-hit Spain to also cover Portugal and Italy, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble was quoted as saying Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130609/50197 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +0200 50197 As Germany and France clash over how to move Europe's economy forward, the French Finance Minister told Germany's counterpart, Wolfgang Schäuble, that committing to fiscal discipline must not stall growth. https://www.thelocal.de/20130507/49573 Tue, 07 May 2013 16:14:00 +0200 49573 Of all things the German government could be short of, tax collectors is not the one most people would expect - yet it is struggling to fill 1,000 specialist jobs after a system overhaul left it responsible for gathering car tax. https://www.thelocal.de/20130429/49431 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:55:00 +0200 49431 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has appealed to CDU supporters not to vote for the newly-formed eurosceptic Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party in September’s federal elections. https://www.thelocal.de/20130421/49273 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:06:00 +0200 49273 Germany's finance minister said on Thursday he would welcome the state setting up a “tax FBI” in order to make it more difficult for people to stash money abroad in tax havens. https://www.thelocal.de/20130411/49069 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:05:00 +0200 49069 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said he believes the embattled eurozone is already past the peak of its three-year-long debt crisis, citing positive developments in Greece and France. https://www.thelocal.de/20121228/47003 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:05:00 +0100 47003 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has warned Britain against "blackmailing" its EU partners in a bid to bring powers back home from Brussels. https://www.thelocal.de/20121224/46955 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:23:00 +0100 46955 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said Friday he considered his Dutch counterpart Jeroen Dijsselbloem as a good possible candidate to take over as head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers. https://www.thelocal.de/20121221/46917 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:14:00 +0100 46917 The German Finance Ministry on Tuesday revealed exactly how many banks are on its official list of financial institutions considered "relevant to the national system" - though their names remain a closely guarded secret. https://www.thelocal.de/20121218/46831 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:53:00 +0100 46831 Germany and the Jewish Claims Conference signed a new accord Thursday to help elderly Holocaust survivors who had never received compensation, most of them living in eastern Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20121116/46201 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:47:00 +0100 46201 The German government finalized the 2012 budget on Friday - using what the opposition called "tricks" which they claimed Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble "would never accept in Greece." https://www.thelocal.de/20121109/46077 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:43:00 +0100 46077