During his
visit at the Science Po University in Paris, the German Finance
Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, engaged in a conversation with the
students. As the German paper Suddeutsche Zeitung notes the
discussion did not turn in his favour.
While
Dr.Schaeuble was planning to talk to the students about the future of
Europe, they were more concerned about Europe's present and
particularly the Greek problem.
The SZ
describes that the students accused the German Minister of wanting to
push Greece out of the Eurozone while causing pain and sorrow to the
Greek citizens. The German FinMin answered that he is not responsible
for the Greek problems and claimed that Greece was building its own
troubles long before the crisis. He noted that the EU has rules and
obligations based on attributes and values. To his defense he also
reminded that in 1994 he suggested that a closed state union should
be created within the EU. He also stressed that he does not want the
fragmentation of the European Union.
Suddeutsche
Zeitung makes the point that the EU is at a crossroads between a path
of more pragmatism and one guided by ideology. To prove that, it
presents as the antipode of Schaeuble's views, the opinion of the
French FinMin, Emmanuel Macron; that the EU must re-invent itself and
its structure so that it becomes more democratic.
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