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French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble at a memorial in the German parliament. Schaeuble, the country’s longest-serving lawmaker who helped negotiate German reunification, died in December at age 81. Macron, Bundestag president Baerbel Bas and Christian Democrats leader Friedrich Merz praised Schaeuble’s long years of service in the German government and his commitment to a unified Germany and the European project. “Germany has lost a statesman, Europe has lost a pillar, France has lost a friend,” Macron said. He spoke about Schaeuble’s …

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