Word: schmidts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Heath and reinstated Harold Wilson. France's Georges Pompidou died in April and was replaced by the progressive conservative Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. West Germany's Willy Brandt resigned in the shadow of a spy scandal, and was succeeded by moderate Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt. Italy lost its 31st government of the postwar era. Portugal deposed Marcello Caetano, the dictatorial heir of Salazar. Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie was stripped of hereditary power going back 2,500 years and trundled off to house arrest by a military junta...
After patient prodding by West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who within the past month seems to have emerged as West Europe's leader, seven of the eight were willing to give Wilson the talisman he needs to wave in front of the voters. France, which had called the summit, was less willing, and for a few hours, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (see page 37) sounded more Gaullist than le grand Charles. "There can be nothing of this kind," Giscard acidly said about Wilson's demands at one heated bargaining session. "Conceding what the British...
...every other leader got a little of what he wanted in Paris. Italy and Ireland, the two poorest members of the Community, were promised the lion's share of a $1.5 billion fund for regional development; most of the money will come from West Germany and The Netherlands. Schmidt, for his part, was pleased that he had been able to convince other leaders of the seriousness of the world economic situation and to achieve at least some unity on anti-inflation and antirecession policies. Basically, the new unity means that Bonn, which has been deflating its economy to fight...
...fact, virtually all the talks and trips had a serious, valid purpose. The Common Market summit, for instance, seemed headed for disaster-a destination it may eventually reach anyway -until Schmidt flew to London. Apparently moved by Harold Wilson's argument that Britain is being unfairly treated in the Common Market budget, Schmidt hinted that the Market's richest members, meaning West Germany and France, might ante up more.* He then encouraged the Paris dinner between his old friend Giscard and Wills son so that the British Prime Minister ' could try to convince the French President...
...Washington, Schmidt's main aim was simply to get acquainted with Gerald Ford. There are no major issues dividing Bonn and Washington, and Schmidt wanted to meet with Ford's top economic advisers to try to better coordinate the U.S.-German attack on inflation and world recession. He also urged the U.S. to take much stronger steps to conserve energy. For their part, Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wanted to hear more about Schmidt's somewhat gloomy views on the future of the Atlantic community...