Schaeuble won't say whether he'll be finance minister after vote


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  • Sunday, 27 Aug 2017

FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble presents draft budget for 2018 and mid-term plans for state spending until 2021 during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble declined to comment on speculation about whether he would stay in his position after the Sept. 24 election, telling a group of open house visitors on Sunday that no decisions would be made until after the vote.

Schaueble, who will turn 75 on Sept. 18, has been finance minister since 2009 and a member of parliament since 1972.

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