Germany's Mr Austerity to leave - but may not herald change

Press quote (The Daily Mail)
Christian Odendahl
27 September 2017

Schaeuble spent 130 billion euros less than would have been allowed under the constitution's debt rules, according to Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform. That frugality may however leave a successor more room to loosen fiscal policy, either through tax cuts or more spending, or both, he said.