福田赳夫
In 1982, along with his friend Gerald Ford, he co-founded the annual AEI World Forum. The following year he joined the nationwide weekly "Die Zeit" newspaper as co-publisher, also acting as its director from 1985 to 1989. In 1985, he became managing director. With Takeo Fukuda he founded the Inter Action Councils in 1983. He retired from the "Bundestag" in 1986. In December 1986, he was one of the founders of the committee supporting the EMU and the creation of the European Central Bank.