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Hollande pays tribute to Helmut Schmidt

(10 Nov 2015) French President Francois Hollande called chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who died on Tuesday at 96, a great European who steered his country toward economic stability at an "extremely difficult moment". Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown extremism and became a respected elder statesman. German weekly Die Zeit, of which Schmidt was a co-publisher, said he died at his house in Hamburg. Schmidt, a centre-left Social Democrat, led West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was elected chancellor by lawmakers in May 1974 after the resignation of fellow Social Democrat Willy Brandt, triggered when a top aide to Brandt was unmasked as an East German agent. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...