Germany's Schaeuble says EU must assume more active global role


  • World
  • Friday, 17 Feb 2017

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble attends a presentation of a newly designed 2-Euro coin at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday the European Union must take on a bigger international role, saying the answer to crises from security to climate change, was to stick together and stop relying on the United States.

The veteran member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government and committed European, said Europe had waited too long for the United States to act and make up for deficiencies in EU policy.

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