German political heavyweight Wolfgang Schaeuble dies

Wolfgang Schaeuble, one of the most important figures in German politics and an icon of budgetary rigour in the eurozone, has died peacefully in the night, aged 81, the German parliament said on Wednesday. He was a minister and also played a key role in German reunification in 1990. He was the longest-serving member of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, where he had sat since 1972.