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...The share of Chinese car brands in the EU market has increased from less than 1 per cent in 2021 to 2.8 per cent this year, according to Schmidt Automotive Research....
...“It’s not just the frequency,” said the University of Bristol’s Daniela Schmidt....
...“We must not forget that China needs Europe just as much as Europe needs China, because both economies are so interlinked,” Schmidt said....
...But even as president Ursula von der Leyen announced a months-long probe that could lead to higher tariffs, fears were circling that the Commission president’s action plan is already too late....
...— Wolfgang Schmidt, Scholz’s chief of staff, who has robustly rejected criticism of Germany’s response to the Ukraine crisis....
...Chess: 2282 (by A von Schmidt, 1900).1 Nb4! (threat 2 Nc6 mate) If Kxf4 or Kd6 2 Nd3 mate. Kasparov solution: 1 Bh5! with 2 Bxg6! hxg6 3 h7 and queens or 1,,,gxh5 2 g6! Chess: 2281 1 . . . f4+!...
...As a result, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced plans for a new “Chips Act”, to “jointly create a state-of-the-art European chip ecosystem, including production”....
...Travellers seeking to leave those areas could have to take a test before departure and undergo quarantine, commission president Ursula von der Leyen suggested after the videoconference....
...So if you met a Peter Schmidt for the first time, and he did not introduce himself with “Hi, I’m Peter”, you would address him as “Herr Schmidt” (or “Herr Doktor Schmidt”, for example, if he has an academic...
...In Berlin it is often described as the “ejector seat”: Germany has had 18 defence ministers since the second world war, and only one of them, Helmut Schmidt, went on to become chancellor....
...Since the second world war only one defence minister — Helmut Schmidt — has gone on to become chancellor....
...Chess: 2282 (by A von Schmidt, 1900).1 Nb4! (threat 2 Nc6 mate) If Kxf4 or Kd6 2 Nd3 mate. Kasparov solution: 1 Bh5! with 2 Bxg6! hxg6 3 h7 and queens or 1,,,gxh5 2 g6! Chess: 2281 1…f4+!...
...She had repeatedly said she did not want a cabinet job, but Ursula von der Leyen’s elevation to the European Commission presidency created a vacancy....
...As the orchestra broods in the 10th scene, Hermann and Liza spin in childlike delight against a monolithic blue scaffolding that remains static throughout most of the production (sets: Christian Schmidt)...
...The US boasted Wernher von Braun, the German ex-Nazi inventor of the V-2 rocket, a trophy from the second world war. Both were scarred by conflict and driven by a passion for space....
...And when Ursula von der Leyen, the serving defence minister, was elected European Commission president last month, she took action....
...Alongside Japan’s SoftBank, former Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Finistere has invested in Plenty, a company aiming to provide consumers with fresh, nutritious...
...Unless they make an ill-advised trip abroad — which is how Oliver Schmidt, a former VW compliance officer now sitting in prison, was caught — they are unlikely to end up in US prison....
...Among his protégés were Richard von Weizsäcker and Roman Herzog, two future holders of the largely titular German presidency....
...In the early 2000s he moved to the German nursery made famous since 1985 by a great heroine, the Gräfin von Zeppelin, after whom it is named....
...Take the coronation of John von Neumann as the FT’s Man of the Century in 1999. It was an unexpected choice....
...Following the PhD, Simon was awarded a Theodor Heuss fellowship, a joint fellowship between the University of Oxford and Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung....
...During his lifetime, Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) was overshadowed by Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, but his posthumous reputation has grown while interest in more famous contemporaries...
...Guth and his designer, Christian Schmidt, do this so deftly that the opera’s symbols are clarified but never made facile....
...Only one has survived to become chancellor: Helmut Schmidt....
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