Merkel Lobbies for Schäuble to Head Euro Group

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Series Details 16.3.12
Publication Date 16/03/2012
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Article reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel was reportedly pushing in March 2012 for her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäubl to be the next head of the Euro Group, the informal body that governs Europe's common currency. But Mr Schäuble could face resistance from France over fears that Germany was becoming too powerful in eurozone economic governance.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,821752,00.html
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Die Zeit, 16.3.12: Merkel will Schäuble als Euro-Gruppen-Chef http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2012-03/merkel-schaeuble-euro-gruppe
FAZ, 16.3.12: Medien: Schäuble soll Euro-Gruppenchef werden http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/eu-medien-schaeuble-soll-euro-gruppenchef-werden-11686327.html
Deutsche Welle, 17.3.12: Revolving doors keep turning in the EU http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,6731526,00.html
ESO: Background information: The Eurogroup http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eurogroup/
ESO: Background information: Rehn tipped as next Eurogroup chief http://www.europeansources.info/record/rehn-tipped-as-next-eurogroup-chief/
Süddeutsche Zeitung / Financial Times Deutschland, 19.3.12: Eurogroup - A German president? (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1653171-german-president

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