Ideologies / Fiscal Conservative / Wolfgang Schäuble
§ The minds · 1942–2023 · Germany · Finance Minister
Wolfgang Schäuble
The black zero
Europe's apostle of austerity.
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Germany's long-serving finance minister, whose insistence on the 'black zero' balanced budget made him Europe's stern embodiment of fiscal conservatism through the euro crisis.
social
Christian-democratic conservative.
economic
Balanced budgets ('schwarze Null') and fiscal rectitude.
governance
Institutionalist enforcer of euro-zone discipline.
Notable for
- 'Schwarze Null' balanced budgets
- Euro-crisis austerity
- Longest-serving Bundestag member
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