March 12, 2010
Published: 4 Oct 09 11:40 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20091004-22341.html
The biggest sticking point in forming a new government may be in deciding who takes the reins at the Finance Ministry. All three parties in the new coalition are reportedly offering their own candidates for the high-profile job.
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Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg would probably make a better foreign minister, as he appears to be a good example of a modern german renaissance politician who lives in a castle and has an absolutely smokin' wife who's the great-great-granddaughter of Otto von Bismark.
Also, gotta love that non-sequitur about Westerwelle's lack of foreign experience obviously making him suitable to run the finance ministry! Just how modern politics works now.
The finance minister has a much more powerful but certainly much more thankless position.