Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt gave a sensational address at the SPD party conference in Berlin this afternoon.
His theme concerned itself with the urgent importance of partnership within the EU.
He pointed out that it was far more important for the German foreign minister to be visiting Athens, Warsaw, Dublin than Tripoli and Kabul.
While recognised as a competent chancellor, his party, the SPD, never took him to their hearts. Today in Berlin he received a standing ovation.
The former chancerllor was critical of the commentators and doom-sayers of the euro.
He is 93, was a young officer in the Wehrmacht in Hitler's war. A man who knows what he is talking about. A European to his fingertips.
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Michael, thanks for mentioning that occasion. I watched the entire speech later yesterday evening and found it inspiring - and good for my 'lapsed' German!
Tom G McCarthy
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