Portugal calls German finance minister ‘pyromaniac’ for his austerity affection

‘The head of Portugal’s ruling socialists party Carlos Cesar blasted German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble for criticizing Lisbon’s efforts to ease austerity.
According to Schaeuble, the country had been successful until socialists came to power in 2015, declaring they would “not respect what the former government had agreed.”
Portugal’s socialist leader was quick to respond.
“As everyone knows, the German finance minister is a pyromaniac who tries to present himself as a firefighter. His compatriots do not think like him,” Cesar told news radio TSF, referring to German businesses investing in the country.’
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