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'''Dr Wolfgang Schäuble''' is a German [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) party whose political career has spanned more than four decades (one of the longest serving politicians in German history).
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'''Dr Wolfgang Schäuble''' was a German [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] of the [[Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) party. "A committed [[transatlanticist]]"<ref>http://www.cfr.org/eu/globalizing-world-requires-transatlantic-partnership-leadership/p32779</ref>, his political career has spanned more than four decades.<ref>https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=108933</ref>
  
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He is much disliked in [[Greece]] owing to the austerity measures he forced on the country.<ref>https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/varoufakis-verhoehnt-schaeuble-mit-geschmacklosem-t-shirt-7642158.html</ref><ref>https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article155359054/Varoufakis-nennt-Schaeuble-inkompetenten-kleinen-Mann.html</ref> A prominent critic is [[Yanis Varoufakis]] who was his negotiating partner.  
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==Activities==
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Schäuble considered the former [[Baden–Württemberg]] Minister-President [[Hans Filbinger]] as his political foster father<ref>https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/wolfgang-schaeuble-feiert-80-geburtstag-ich-habe-viel-grund-mich-zu-bedanken-81363242.bild.html</ref>, and paid homage to him until the very end. In 1978, it was exposed that Filbinger was a dedicated [[NSDAP]]-member and military judge.<ref>https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40617726.html</ref>
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During the [[German unification]] he argued to have the files of the [[STASI]] destroyed.<ref>https://www.welt.de/politik/article3011541/Schaeuble-wollte-Stasi-Akten-vernichten-lassen.html</ref>
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He resigned from the post as chairman of the CDU. as well as from the leadership of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in 2000, in the wake of the party financing scanda where he received DM 100,000 from the [[arms dealer]] and lobbyist [[Karlheinz Schreiber]] back in 1994.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB950707698867734676</ref>
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In 2003, he wanted Germany to support or even join in the [[invasion of Iraq]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170819205318/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/17/world/us-quietly-chides-german-for-his-dissension-on-iraq.html</ref>
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In August 2020, he saw [[Covid]] as an opportunity to ram through a centralized [[EU]] economic and financial union:
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{{QB|The [[Covid|corona crisis]] is a great opportunity. Resistance to change becomes less during the crisis. We can now manage the [EU] economic and financial union, which we have not been able to achieve politically so far ...<ref> quoted in https://web.archive.org/web/20220620023657/https://www.wochenblick.at/corona/wolfgang-schaeuble-wir-koennen-die-finanzunion-jetzt-hinbekommen</ref>}}
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==Greece==
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He is much disliked in [[Greece]] owing to the looting ("austerity measures") he forced on the country.<ref>https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/varoufakis-verhoehnt-schaeuble-mit-geschmacklosem-t-shirt-7642158.html</ref><ref>https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article155359054/Varoufakis-nennt-Schaeuble-inkompetenten-kleinen-Mann.html</ref> A prominent critic is [[Yanis Varoufakis]] who was his negotiating partner.  
  
 
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Person.png Wolfgang Schäuble   Website WikileaksRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Wolfgang Schäuble.jpg
Born18 September 1942
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Died26 December 2023 (Age 81)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg, University of Hamburg
ReligionLutheranism
Children4
SpouseIngeborg Schäuble
Member ofAspen Institute Germany
PartyChristian Democratic Union
German Bilderberger, MSC, WEF AGM, lawyer and politician

Employment.png President of the Bundestag

In office
24 October 2017 - 26 October 2021

Employment.png Germany/Minister of Finance

In office
28 October 2009 - 24 October 2017
Preceded byPeer Steinbrück
Succeeded byPeter Altmaier

Employment.png Germany/Minister of the Interior

In office
22 November 2005 - 27 October 2009
Preceded byOtto Schily
Succeeded byThomas de Maizière

Employment.png Germany/Minister for Special Affairs

In office
15 November 1984 - 21 April 1989

Employment.png Member of the Bundestag Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
19 November 1972 - 26 December 2023
Preceded byWalter Hallstein

Employment.png Germany/Minister of the Interior

In office
22 November 2005 - 27 October 2009
Preceded byOtto Schily
Succeeded byThomas de Maizière

Employment.png Leader of the Christian Democratic Union

In office
7 November 1998 - 16 February 2000
Preceded byHelmut Kohl

Employment.png Germany/Minister of the Interior

In office
21 April 1989 - 26 November 1991

Employment.png Chair of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag

In office
25 November 1991 - 29 February 2000

Employment.png Germany/Chief of the Chancellery

In office
15 November 1984 - 21 April 1989

Dr Wolfgang Schäuble was a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. "A committed transatlanticist"[1], his political career has spanned more than four decades.[2]

Activities

Schäuble considered the former Baden–Württemberg Minister-President Hans Filbinger as his political foster father[3], and paid homage to him until the very end. In 1978, it was exposed that Filbinger was a dedicated NSDAP-member and military judge.[4]

During the German unification he argued to have the files of the STASI destroyed.[5]

He resigned from the post as chairman of the CDU. as well as from the leadership of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in 2000, in the wake of the party financing scanda where he received DM 100,000 from the arms dealer and lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber back in 1994.[6]

In 2003, he wanted Germany to support or even join in the invasion of Iraq.[7]

In August 2020, he saw Covid as an opportunity to ram through a centralized EU economic and financial union:

The corona crisis is a great opportunity. Resistance to change becomes less during the crisis. We can now manage the [EU] economic and financial union, which we have not been able to achieve politically so far ...[8]

Greece

He is much disliked in Greece owing to the looting ("austerity measures") he forced on the country.[9][10] A prominent critic is Yanis Varoufakis who was his negotiating partner.


 

A Quote by Wolfgang Schäuble

PageQuoteDate
Germany“And we in Germany have not been fully sovereign at any time since May 8, 1945.”2011

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/200315 May 200318 May 2003France
Versailles		The 51st Bilderberg, in Versailles, France
Bilderberg/20169 June 201612 June 2016Germany
Dresden		The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany.
Brussels Forum/2007Belgium
Brussels		Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/200920 March 200922 March 2009Belgium
Brussels		Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/200920092009Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 45th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20131 February 20133 February 2013Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 49th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201521 January 201524 January 2015World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
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References

  1. ↑ http://www.cfr.org/eu/globalizing-world-requires-transatlantic-partnership-leadership/p32779
  2. ↑ https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=108933
  3. ↑ https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/wolfgang-schaeuble-feiert-80-geburtstag-ich-habe-viel-grund-mich-zu-bedanken-81363242.bild.html
  4. ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40617726.html
  5. ↑ https://www.welt.de/politik/article3011541/Schaeuble-wollte-Stasi-Akten-vernichten-lassen.html
  6. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB950707698867734676
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170819205318/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/17/world/us-quietly-chides-german-for-his-dissension-on-iraq.html
  8. ↑ quoted in https://web.archive.org/web/20220620023657/https://www.wochenblick.at/corona/wolfgang-schaeuble-wir-koennen-die-finanzunion-jetzt-hinbekommen
  9. ↑ https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/varoufakis-verhoehnt-schaeuble-mit-geschmacklosem-t-shirt-7642158.html
  10. ↑ https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article155359054/Varoufakis-nennt-Schaeuble-inkompetenten-kleinen-Mann.html


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