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	Germany/History/GDR/Siegerjustiz/Victor's Justice/DDR/Justiz/Rachejustiz
		Waigel then began citing the Schwäbisch philosopher and theologian Josef Bernard, who in 1949 at the United Nations spoke on the theme of The Philosophical aspects of the democratic crises due to the tragic threat from within.
		Waigel then went on, "And he literally said, 'tolerance towards substances that sicken, or are deadly, is life-threatening, dumb, and irresponsible.' " Mr.
		Waigel included the Far Right in his analogy and borrowed the analogy from the theologian Josef Bernard, the comparison to a disease in the German body hauntingly parallels Heinrich Himmler's description of the Jews as being the "Bacillus" in the German body that must be exterminated see: Himmler's October 4, 1943 Posen Speech "Extermination".
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/9362/ss.html (3492 words)

	Business and Finance - Europe -- WSJ Interactive Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Waigel has already announced the strictest budget freeze in the nation's history for the remaining two months of this year, and is expected to announce further budget savings for 1998 today.
		Waigel announced a plan to save 1.5 billion marks in interest payments on Bonn's debt next year by using interest-rate swaps, a plan that the Bundestag is likely to oppose because it makes the government more dependent on short-term rates.
		Waigel's showdown with the Bundesbank last May when he visited the central bank after the last tax shortfalls were announced.
	www-personal.umd.umich.edu /~mtwomey/newspapers/1112germ.html (577 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Theo Waigel, who as German finance minister was the architect of Europe's budget rules, said it's ``a disgrace'' for his country to loosen the deficit limits and warned interest rates will rise as a result.
		Waigel said the pact changes, to be ratified by EU leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels starting today, will weaken the euro.
		Waigel, Germany's longest-serving finance minister, devised the original stability pact in 1995 over France's objections as a way of making the as yet unborn euro currency as solid as the deutsche mark.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&refer=europe&sid=aOJXF00KLWGA (647 words)

	Business and Finance - Europe -- WSJ Interactive Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		BONN -- German Finance Minister Theo Waigel imposed the strictest budget freeze in the nation's history, in a last-ditch effort to fulfill Maastricht treaty criteria this year.
		Waigel has repeatedly promised that Germany will reach the Maastricht treaty deficit limit of 3% of gross domestic product this year, which is the deadline for qualifying for European economic and monetary union.
		Waigel's budget planning a "disaster," saying increased unemployment and higher social-security costs mean that there is already a hole of up to 13 billion marks in next year's federal budget.
	www-personal.umd.umich.edu /~mtwomey/newspapers/1031germ.html (554 words)

	Theo Waigel - The London Speaker Bureau
		As German Finance minister from 1989-1998, Dr Theo Waigel, played a key role in European monetary union and in the formation of the Euro.
		Having studied law and political science at the Universities of Munich and Wurzburg, Theo Waigel began his career as a lawyer.
		Theo Waigel has been a Board member of a number of influential international organisations, including the European Investment Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
	www.londonspeakerbureau.co.uk /speakers/printSpeaker.aspx?speakerid=307 (165 words)

	EURO'S TIMETABLE COULD BE RELAXED
		At a Franco German finance meeting in Lyon, on March 12, the German finance minister Theo Waigel adamantly discounted rumors that the launch of the European Union's single currency might be delayed beyond its January 1, 1999 deadline.
		Waigel's wavering commitment to monetary union is a further blow to the EU's determination to push on with the euro's launch which, in recent months has taken a bizarre twist.
		Waigel again seemed doubtful, admitting that 2.5 percent may be a little too optimistic in Germany.
	www.ttc.org /cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+596 (628 words)

	Theo Waigel on Germany's Economic Climate - Credit Suisse emagazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although Germany was the original "economic miracle" country, it's clear that the engine that has powered growth there for many years is not running as smoothly as it used to, and unemployment has risen further, not fallen.
		Although Waigel takes a critical stance when it comes to the German economy and German politicians, he's still convinced by the new EU market and the single currency.
		When all is said and done, the European Union and the euro are a success story as far as Waigel is concerned.
	emagazine.credit-suisse.com /article/index.cfm?...&aoid=112999&lang=en (1017 words)

	Lobi
		German Theo Waigel, Prime Minister Buckovski's advisor for economic and financial matters, will arrive today in Skopje, for talks with the Macedonian top officials, which will focus on the prerequisites required by Macedonia in order to be granted a status of candidate-country for EU membership by the end of this year.
		Waigel will meet today with the Prime Minister Buckovski, and meetings with the President Branko Crvenkovski, as well as the leaders of DUI, Ali Ahmeti, and of VMRO DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, have scheduled for Tuesday.
		Regarding granting Macedonia the status of candidate-country for EU membership, Waigel is due to meet with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.
	www.lobi.com.mk /?ItemID=19B7762D895F374DA34EC1A705FAD002 (165 words)

	German News - English Edition Sa, 27.06.1998
		CSU head Theo Waigel and the Bavarian Minister President Edmund Stoiber arrived in one of the new trade fair halls in election buses.
		Waigel said that Stoiber needs to continue his political policies with the same cleverness and zest as in the last five years.
		Waigel feels that the Bavarian politics, which is admired throughout of Germany, should continue unchanged in the future.
	www.germnews.de /archive/dn/1998/06/27.html (884 words)

	Euro change assailed - FAZ.NET - FAZ Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Theo Waigel, the former German finance minister with brushes for eyebrows, is considered to be a father of the euro.
		Waigel, for one, was not happy about the decision at all.
		Waigel was just one of the critics from the opposition expressing their dismay about the changes pushed through by the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
	www.faz.net /s/Rub9E75B460C0744F8695B3E0BE5A30A620/Doc~EC1EDD40D215D4AE8884B995F791D8502~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html (768 words)

	Kohl saves his budget minister in euro crisis
		He came to the aid of Theo Waigel, the Finance Minister, during a parliamentary debate called by the opposition, which wanted Mr Waigel's head for incompetence.
		Mr Waigel got through a difficult meeting with his own backbenchers the day before by giving the impression that he and Hans Tietmeyer, the Bundesbank president, had settled the dispute.
		Yet Mr Waigel has faced attack from his CSU colleagues, who feel that his bungling is damaging their image.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/06/05/wkohl05.html (811 words)

	Germany upholds tough EMU stand despite budget deficit
		BONN, May 15: Finance Minister Theo Waigel repeated his refusal to soften the criteria for Europe's economic and monetary Union (EMU) on Thursday despite mounting budget problems casting a shadow over German eligility for it.
		Waigel admitted on Wednesday the federal deficit would widen this year because record jobless levels triggered off higher unemployment payments that he could not control.
		SPD parliamentary whip Peter Struck said before the debate that Waigel should resign because of his budget problems and said it was scandalous that he was considering selling part of the government's 74 percent share in the telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom AG to raise money for his budget.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19970516/13655603.html (474 words)

	European Business News (EBN), 97-05-14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Waigel is expected to announce a projected shortfall in tax revenue approaching 20 billion marks ($12 billion) for this year.
		He noted that Waigel is unlikely to announce increases in mineral oil tax or value-added tax Thursday, as these would be unpopular decisions with the voting public - particularly in the runup to the 1998 German federal elections.
		Finance Minister Theo Waigel told reporters in Bonn that 'it is conceivable that parts of the privatisation of Telekom could be brought forward.' Waigel told journalists in Bonn.
	www.hri.org /news/europe/ebn/last/97-05-14.ebn.html (4500 words)

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		Founded in 1945 as a regional, almost entirely Catholic party only for Bavaria where it is not challenged by the CDU, it developed into the more right-wing oriented counterpart of the CDU, with whom it has always been united in a parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
		Since the death of its charismatic leader, Franz- Josef Strauß in 1988, the CSU struggled under its new leader, finance minister Theo Waigel, to keep up its political influence and independence in Bonn.
		Waigel's main rival is Edmund Stoiber, state premier of Bavaria.
	www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de /gn/glossar/csu.html (103 words)

	There was no EU horse-trading deal on ECB presidency: Germany's Waigel
		In an article published in the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Waigel rejected the widely accepted theory that EU ministers reached a secret deal in May 1998 whereby Duisenberg would step down half-way through his term as the ECB's first-ever president and hand over to Trichet.
		And while the ECB chief himself has always said he did not want to serve the full eight years owing to his (he turned 68 this month), he insisted that he alone would decide when he would step down.
		Despite the messy succession issue, Waigel, who was German finance minister from 1989 to 1998, said Trichet would be a good ECB president.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/ax/Qgermany-france-ecb-bank.RinO_DlF.html (406 words)

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		According to this National Radio correspondent, Theo Waigel's refusal was prompted by allegations in a Bulgarian newspaper that Bulgaria is a major money laundering station for the whole world, with banks, including state-run ones, playing a key role in this business.
		The Public Relations officer of the Ministry of Economic Development, Ventsislav Zahariev, said Theo Waigel did not refuse to meet Roumen Gechev but just asked that the meeting be postponed so that he could attend an emergency sitting of his party.
		Theo Waigel has called a meeting of the Christian Social Union he heads after the Union's failure in the local elections.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/95-05/may17.bta (2989 words)

	The truth about Macedonia
		Former German Finance Minister Theo Waigel has accepted the invitation of Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski to act as a adviser on international institutions such as the EU, "Utrinski vesnik" reported on 21 January.
		Waigel, who belongs to Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), served as finance minister in the cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1989-98.
		Waigel's legacy from those years remains a matter of controversy in Germany.
	network54.com /Forum/22270/message/1106438777/FORMER+...+FOR+MACEDONIA (181 words)

	The Financial Post 980127
		German Finance Minister Theo Waigel will travel to South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia in mid- February, just before the Group of Seven, plus Russian finance ministers and heads of government, meet in London on Feb. 21, the German finance ministry said yesterday.
		Waigel will be seeking information on the Asian market crisis during his trip from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20, said Boris Knapp, a finance ministry spokesman.
		The finance ministry spokeswoman said Waigel wouldn't be going to Asia as an official representative of the G7, though the minister probably would brief his G7 colleagues on his findings.
	www.g7.utoronto.ca /fp/fp980127.htm (529 words)

	Italian minister warns Germany against budget-deficit tricks
		German Finance Minister Theo Waigel has indicated that he wants to revalue gold reserves and sell-off state holdings to offset budget shortfalls.
		Waigel wants to revalue the reserves and to sell-off state holdings to offset budget shortfalls — now estimated to be 18 billion marks higher than previously expected — caused by high unemployment.
		Waigel on Thursday unemployment would average 4.3 million in 1997.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19970517/13755453.html (567 words)

	Waigel plans to step down
		THE German Finance Minister, Theo Waigel, indicated yesterday that he wants to quit, intensifying the pressure on Chancellor Kohl to reshuffle the cabinet.
		Mr Waigel became Finance Minister in April 1989, so on a strict reading of his words he wants to go at the latest in April 1998, but his remarks were at first interpreted as meaning that he would not stay beyond the general election of September next year.
		It is known that Mr Waigel is fed up with the post of Finance Minister, in which his budget calculations have repeatedly been shown up a few months later as over-optimistic, and that he covets the post of Foreign Minister.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/08/21/wger21.html (311 words)

	Indonesia's leader reportedly may rethink currency plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The plan has come under fire from the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the United States, which have said the economic conditions in Indonesia are not ripe for such a move.
		Wednesday, Waigel signed agreements in Jakarta to provide Indonesia with 375 million marks ($205.3 million) in financial assistance to help fight the country's economic crisis.
		Banking sources said plans for a meeting of international banks today to discuss ways of settling the country's massive private foreign debt of some $74 billion had been delayed, in part due to the confused currency situation.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/business/98/02/19/asia.2-0.html (492 words)

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		Waigel went on to note that although the IMF’s liquidity has dropped by U.S. $34 billion as a result of its aid to Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea, it still has sufficient means to continue to function effectively.
		Federal Minister of Finance Theo Waigel argued before his colleagues that Germany's net payments to the EU are disproportionately high.
		The consolidation of public budgets in Europe must rigorously be brought further along," Federal Minister of Finance Theo Waigel told reporters in Brussels, That is the heart of the matter." The goal, he elaborated, is for the EU members to clear the remaining obstacles to fulfilling the Maastricht criteria in their entirety.
	faculty.washington.edu /~krumme/german/euro.html (5820 words)

	German News - English Edition Su, 27.10.1996
		FDP economics expert Otto Graf Lambsdorff reproached Waigel in the daily Berliner Tagesspiegel with failing to plan ahead in his financial policy.
		Waigel is the most unreliable Finance Minister in the history of the federal Republic, Mrs.
		In an interview Portzner said, the one-sided allegations against Waigel are unfounded as so far finance policy has been decided jointly within the coalition.
	www.germnews.de /archive/dn/1996/10/27.html (2400 words)

	European Business News (EBN), 97-07-15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		German Finance Minister Theo Waigel has said that Germany wants a strong mark, and that current dollar and sterling gains against the mark are market over-reactions.
		In the second leg of a two-pronged offensive against the strengthening dollar, Finance Minister Theo Waigel added his weight to comments from Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer last week, making clear a recent fall in the mark was overdone.
		Waigel also added that Germany stood by previous agreements on foreign exchange rates within the Group of Seven industrial nations and was in contact with its partners.
	www.hri.org /news/europe/ebn/1997/97-07-15.ebn.html (5568 words)

	BBC News \| Politics \| Germany demands cut in EU payments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Theo Waigel demanded a cut in German contributions and said he would block planned reforms unless this occurred.
		Germany is the biggest contributor to the EU's budget and its move is being supported by other large backers, such as the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
		The changes planned are designed to ensure the expansion of the union to include former communist countries in central and eastern Europe does not have a detrimental effect.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/politics/68100.stm (544 words)

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		Recent exchange rate movements, Waigel told reporters in Stüttgart (Baden-Württemberg) yesterday evening, are “not grounds for worry.” Economic growth in Britain and the U.S. has prompted expectations that interest rates will be heading up in those countries.
		“That,” Waigel noted, “draws capital and pushes up exchange rates.” The advances of the dollar and pound against the D-mark on international currency exchanges, he concluded, are “short-term swings.” Nor, Waigel was quick to add, should short-term exchange rate fluctuations prompt concern about longer-term developments.
		Federal Minister of Finance Theo Waigel and Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer emphasized to their G-7 colleagues that Germany has a strong interest in maintaining a strong D-mark.
	faculty.washington.edu /krumme/german/mark.html (469 words)

	“Nazi Spirit Soars in Europe” - theTrumpet.com
		German Finance Minister Theo Waigel made some very disturbing statements near the end of May. His Christian Socialist Union (CSU), the Bavarian branch, has demanded new and stronger laws against foreigners.
		Waigel openly said at a CSU convention, “We do not live in a multicultural society, we remain a German nation!” He said this to his own party delegates.
		Waigel knows the Nazi spirit is surfacing very fast in the German people and other European nations.
	www.thetrumpet.com /index.php?page=article&id=82 (478 words)

	The Financial Post 971213
		German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said Friday he would hold talks next week with top U.S. officials on the turmoil in Asian financial markets, which is also on the agenda of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
		Waigel said he will meet with U.S. President Bill Clinton, International Monetary Fund head Michel Camdessus, U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
		Waigel, in Luxembourg for a European Union summit meeting, confirmed the bilateral talks and said the G7 was also concerned about the market turbulence.
	www.g7.utoronto.ca /fp/fp9712132.htm (328 words)

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