Schaeuble Says Some in German Government Would Prefer Greek Exit

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is split on whether Greece’s continued euro membership is the best way forward for the country, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday.

Germany disappoints with new investment pledge

(Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble announced 10 billion euros in additional public investments on Thursday but said Berlin would only splash out more money once it had achieved its goal of balancing the federal budget next year.

Schaeuble proposes scrapping Germany's 'solidarity tax': regional press

(Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has proposed scrapping the "solidarity tax" that supports the country's poorer eastern states when it expires in 2019, a German newspaper reported on Tuesday.

German banks to pay 1.9 billion euro a year for resolution fund: paper

(Reuters) - German banks will pay about 1.9 billion euros a year into a new European bank restructuring fund, more than three times the amount they cough up currently, with large banks footing the bulk of the bill, according to a newspaper report on Monday.

EU backs new joint banking supervision

LUXEMBOURG: European Union officials on Monday approved the creation of a centralized banking supervisor, even though they still squabbled over the next steps in the bloc's quest to stabilize its financial system.

Germany, Spain sign deal to ease credit crunch

BERLIN (AP) -- Germany and Spain on Thursday signed a deal under which Berlin will provide 800 million euros (about $1 billion) to ease a credit crunch for small and medium-sized Spanish companies.

EU to shift bill for bank failures to creditors

BRUSSELS: European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks' creditors, including the holders of large deposits as a last resort.

Germany sees no quick deal on Greek aid: Wolfgang Schaeuble

HAMBURG: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Thursday he did not expect any quick deal on aid to debt-mired Greece with its international creditors.