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Sauvagnargues's unexpected move from the French embassy in Bonn to the Quai d'Orsay was in itself a mild slap at the Gaullist orthodoxy. A wartime supporter of De Gaulle's, Sauvagnargues earned the general's disfavor later on, when he publicly allowed that France might want to encourage the continuance of the Atlantic Alliance. He was promptly banished to a long career of postings abroad, culminating in his appointment as Ambassador to West Germany...
Sauvagnargues is a confessed Germanophile who was very popular in Bonn. His return to grace suggests that Giscard is serious about getting European unity moving again around a friendly French-German axis (see box). As for France's relations with the U.S., Sauvagnargues in the recent past has claimed to be a convinced Gaullist in foreign policy matters. That means that he is skeptical about the future of European unity but feels France should encourage it as a useful device to fend off the weight of the superpowers...
Last week Val&3233;ry Giscard d'Estaing signified the importance he puts on relations with West Germany by naming France's Ambassador to Bonn, Jean Sau-vagnargues, as his Foreign Minister. At week's end the new French President received the Federal Republic's new Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, in Paris for their first summit. The two merely outlined strategies for coping with economic and political problems, but nonetheless the modest effort raised guarded hopes in France that the flagging European Community might be revitalized. Reaction was similar in West Germany. TIME Bonn Bureau Chief Bruce...
When Helmut Schmidt moved into the Chancellor's office in Bonn's Palais Schaumburg, among the handful of photographs he placed next to his desk was an autographed portrait of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. It was not a public relations gesture but rather a symbol of their warm relationship, built up over years of monetary crises and European Economic Community negotiations. As Finance Ministers for their respective governments, they developed not only a solid respect for each other's ability to carry out official duties, but also a personal friendship. Speaking to each other...
...worried about their ability to build a stable, democratic political system. The latest political crisis to confront the Federal Republic should do much to allay those fears. Less than two weeks after Willy Brandt stunned his countrymen by suddenly resigning as Chancellor, a new government was functioning smoothly in Bonn. Last Thursday, in the modern and austere Bundestag chambers, Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, 55, took the oath as West Germany's fifth Chancellor...