Schaeuble says will deal with whether he remains finance minister after September's vote
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Schaeuble says will deal with whether he remains finance minister after September's vote
- Title: Schaeuble says will deal with whether he remains finance minister after September's vote
- Date: 29th May 2017
- Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (MAY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER WOLFGANG SCHAEUBLE ARRIVING TO SPEAK WIDE OF STAGE AUDIENCE SIGN FOR GERMAN TAX ADVISERS CONGRESS SCHAEUBLE SEEN IN SCREEN SPEAKING AUDIENCE LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER WOLFGANG SCHAEUBLE, SAYING: "But the question of what will happen after the election, is one we will address after the election, if there are questions that are asked. Until that point I will concentrate on fulfilling my duties as best I can in this legislative period. That's why I said I think we can say we will hand over a ministry that is in good order. One cannot always say this." AUDIENCE LISTENING PAN TO SCHAEUBLE SPEAKING ON STAGE
- Embargoed: 12th June 2017 17:45
- Keywords: finance minister Germany election Schaeuble
- Location: MUNICH, GERMANY
- City: MUNICH, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA0016IW64HZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday (May 29) the question of whether he would remain in office after a Sept. 24 national election would be dealt with after the vote.
The 74-year-old veteran member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives was asked at an annual meeting of tax consultants in Munich whether he would travel to that congress as finance minister again next year.
Schaeuble, who has been in the post since 2009, replied: "We'll deal with the question of what happens after the election once the election has happened."
He added: "We can say we'll hand over a ministry that is in good order".
Merkel's conservatives are comfortably ahead of their main rivals, the Social Democrats (SPD), in recent polls but they will need to form a coalition with at least one other party. The ruling parties each take charge of different ministries. The latest Emnid poll shows Merkel's conservatives steady on 38 percent while the SPD lost a point to 25 percent. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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