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He is considered one of the most outstanding politicians in the post-war history of Germany and Europe, and like no other he has shaped the political and social debate in his country in recent decades as a minister, head of government, intellectual, journalist and editor of the Hamburg weekly newspaper "Die Zeit": former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. NZZ editor-in-chief Markus Spillmann and Marco Färber talk to Helmut Schmidt, who turns 91 in December, about German reunification, Germany's role and limitations in Europe and the world, about friendships and their importance in international politics and about the threats and challenges of the future. And about aging and God. Subscribe to NZZ Standpunkte: https://goo.gl/QcwGjL Broadcast from December 6, 2009