Wolfgang Schäuble: Merkel's no-nonsense finance minister dies aged 81
An MP for 51 years in Germany's Bundestag, he played a key role in negotiating German reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Beyond Germany, he became a hate figure for many Greeks during the eurozone debt crisis, as architect of a highly unpopular austerity programme imposed on…
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