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In 2003, Helmut Schmidt said: Predatory capitalism exists, we have to civilize it and we can do that via Europe. He was right. We haven't tried hard enough.
Martin Schulz
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Martin Schulz
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: December 20
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