BERLIN (MNI) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a television
interview aired Friday dismissed rumours that she is about to sack her
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
“I have worked excellently together with Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble here [at the G20 summit in Seoul] and I plan to continue
doing this,” Merkel told German ARD public television.
Due to severe health problems related to his confinement to a wheel
chair, the 68-year old Minister had to spend several weeks in hospital
this year and doubts arose whether he was still up to the job.
–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@marketnews.com
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