Word: schmidts
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...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 Nelan reports...
Coalition Considered. Schmidt, however, is unlikely to pressure Genscher too much. The Free Democrats hold the balance of power in the Bundestag, providing 41 of the coalition's 271 votes; the opposition Christian Democrats and Christian Social Union have 225 seats...
...foreign policy, Schmidt and Genscher will undoubtedly continue Brandt's Ostpolitik, but with less fervor...
...Schmidt-Genscher team will differ considerably from Brandt and Scheel in style and policy emphasis...
Missing, at least initially, will be the personal warmth and deep mutual respect that characterized the relationship of the former Chancellor and his Foreign Minister. Socialist Schmidt has never had much love for Genscher, a free-enterprise conservative, and may be tempted to take advantage of Genscher's link with the Gunter Guillaume spy scandal that triggered Brandt's resignation. In May 1973 Genscher, who as Interior Minister was responsible for internal security, told Brandt that Guillaume, one of the Chancellor's personal aides, might be spying for the East Germans. As the only Cabinet-level official...