Germany to decide on firewall in March: Schaeuble

Last Updated: Sunday, February 26, 2012, 17:01

Schaeuble noted that Germany's decision would come before top finance officials meet again at the IMF in April.

Schaeuble says no initiative to weaken Basel III

Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2012, 20:17

The Financial Times reported that France and Germany would propose amending capital rules to ease the situation for banks which own insurance companies.

Germany may pay full ESM contribution in 2012: Report

Last Updated: Monday, December 19, 2011, 09:12

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the country may pay its full contribution to the euro zone's permanent rescue fund in 2012, a regional German paper wrote.

German finance minister details debt fund plan before EU summit

Last Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 23:56

Germany's Finance Minister spelled out details on Saturday of his proposal for national redemption funds for excess sovereign debt which he intends to present at a crunch summit of EU leaders next week aimed at restoring confidence in the euro.

Germany 55 bn euros richer after accounting error

Last Updated: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 22:36

Germany's debt is 55.5 billion euros lighter after an accounting error at the "bad bank" of a mortgage lender under government control, the finance ministry said on Saturday.

Greek debt write-down must be larger: German finmin

Last Updated: Monday, October 17, 2011, 08:40

Greece's debt crisis cannot be solved without larger write downs on Greek debt and governments are trying to persuade banks to accept this, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, just days ahead of a key EU summit.

German govt rejects reports of increase in size of EFSF

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 10:58

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has rejected reports that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are working on plans to boost the size of the euro zone's financial rescue fund to support a partial debt default by Greece.