German finance minister put forward radical proposals to end Europe’s financial crisis. Most controversially, Wolfgang Schäuble’s plan, unveiled October 14, would create a currency commissioner, who would have the power to block the national budgets of eurozone nations. This commissioner would be “feared around the world,” said Schäuble.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel firmly backed his plans in a speech to Germany’s parliament on October 18.

Unlike most other EU commissioners, the new commission that this job would create would not need the agreement of the other commissioners in order to act. Spiegel Online wrote that this new commissioner would be “one of the most powerful positions in the EU.”

Schäuble modeled this position on the EU’s competition commissioner. The Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard described this post, saying: “The competition tsar is the arch-enforcer of the EU machine, with powers to launch dawn raids, deploy swat teams, and block mergers on his own authority.”

“This would strip elected parliaments of the final say over tax and spending, the bedrock of democracy,” he wrote.

Pritchard also said that only members of Parliament from eurozone countries should vote on EU matters—drawing the eurozone countries closer together and leaving the rest of Europe on the sidelines.

Other EU nations, of course, do not like Schäuble’s proposal. They’re not keen on handing power over their budget to a single leader. The plan was not on the agenda for the EU summit on October 18 and 19.

Watch Schäuble’s proposal closely. The office of prime minister in the United Kingdom evolved out of a similar post. The control that the Lord Treasure had over the nation’s finances led to that position becoming the first, or prime, minister.

With control over the purse strings of eurozone nations, a smart politician could turn the post of competition commissioner into that of the prime minister of the eurozone. The commissioner would be appointed, not elected.

The Bible describes that a single man will get control of Europe through “flatteries.” As Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has pointed out, the wording implies he will not be elected.

The post of currency commissioner could allow one man to take over Europe through flatteries.