»In Hamburg almost everyone speaks English«

British Prime Minister Harold Wilson make a »flying visit« to Hamburg on 24 July 1975; the talks and the subsequent press conference are held in English. Along with discussion of global economic developments, the reform of the European Community’s agricultural sector is on the agenda. The United Kingdom joined the EC only two-and-a-half years earlier. Culinary highlights of the meeting by the Außenalster lake include porcini mushroom soup, veal tenderloin accompanied by potatoes garnished with parsley and a pineapple and strawberry dessert. During the same week, Schmidt receives the French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and US President Gerald Ford in Bonn.