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...Helmut Schmidt served West Germany as both Finance and Defense Minister and, from 1974 to 1982, as Chancellor. Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt...
Schmidt, 67, is not running in next January's parliamentary elections, and last week he bade farewell to politics with a two-hour speech in the Bundestag. Even in his farewell address, he got in a few glancing blows. Schmidt blasted Chancellor Helmut Kohl for following U.S. policy too slavishly, saying, "The Federal Republic must remain the friend and partner of the United States, but not a client...
Last week Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced measures designed to discourage immigration. Airline companies will risk fines of $1,000 if they fail to check the papers of passengers flying to West Germany. Refugees from "problem countries" in the Third World will have to apply for visas even if they plan to spend only a few days in the Federal Republic. And those awaiting a decision on their asylum requests may seek employment only after five years. "It is simply not possible," said the Chancellor, "for the Federal Republic to be a refuge for anyone in economic difficulty...
...promised, if elected, to cut the defense budget and cancel plans for West German participation in the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars. He also vowed to "stop nuclear energy production in stages." Turning to economic and social issues, Rau condemned the ruling conservative coalition of Chancellor Helmut Kohl for creating a "new poor" class and promised to fight unemployment, currently at 8.6%. His speech was rewarded with applause but no foot-stomping exuberance...
...there much enthusiasm for former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's admonition that Rau "will need your solidarity and self-discipline to win." The delegates' tepid response seemed emblematic of the near-total exclusion of Schmidt's moderate, pragmatic faction from the party leadership since he ) resigned as the Social Democratic vice chairman in 1983. Since then, Schmidt's pro-NATO, anti-Communist views have been eclipsed by party chairman and ex- Chancellor Willy Brandt's policies, which are based on the view that the Soviet Union poses no military threat to Western Europe. If there is a threat...