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Top-rated nations "have bigger say" in Juncker succession

From reuters.com

Euro zone countries with a top credit rating might have a bigger say in talks to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as chairman of the bloc's finance ministers, a Greek newspaper quoted German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble as saying on Saturday. Asked in an interview in weekly To Vima whether Juncker's successor would have to come from a triple-A country, Schaeuble said: "Member states that observe the euro zone's fiscal rules and are rewarded for this by the rating agencies and the market will possibly have better chance to promote their candidates for the post." Schaeuble declined, however, to make further comments, ... (full story)

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