Upon his departure, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, described his eight years at the Eurogroup as a success, at the meeting of the Eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg on Monday 9 October.
Schäuble used the example of Portugal, whose economic situation three years after the end of its financial assistance plan was examined by the ministers at the meeting. He argued that Portuguese economic recovery illustrates how stable the Eurozone has become following the financial...