Europe as They Bid Kohl Farewell

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Putin tells it like it is. And an intimate interview from Herr Kohl of the dark forces against him.

Merkel, Macron Pledge a United Europe as They Bid Kohl Farewell
July 1, 2017, 2:05 PM GMT+2
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-01/merkel-macron-pledge-a-united-europe-as-they-bid-kohl-farewell
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European leaders paid tribute to Helmut Kohl, vowing to live up to the German’s unflagging efforts to work for European unity at a time when many voters across the continent have expressed their doubts.

The life of the German chancellor, who oversaw his country’s 1990 reunification after the Cold War and helped forge Europe’s economic and monetary union, was celebrated Saturday in a rare memorial ceremony at the European Union Parliament in Strasbourg two weeks after his death at age 87.

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Bill Clinton, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron at the service on July 1.Photographer: Patrick Hertzong/AFP via Getty Images

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Kohl was eulogized by the heads the main EU institutions, as well as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales.

Germany’s longest-serving chancellor since 19th century leader Otto von Bismarck, Kohl took office in 1982 when the Soviet Union had an iron grip on eastern Europe. He was voted out of office 16 years later, having earned the title of unity chancellor after mass protests ousted East Germany’s communist regime, leading to reunification 11 months later. East Germany’s collapse paved the way to power for Merkel, an East Berlin physicist who joined the Christian Democrats and was recruited by Kohl for his post-unity cabinet. A decade later, she broke with him over a party financing scandal and soon took over his former post as CDU leader. She’s been chancellor for almost 12 years.

Mitterrand, Euro

Kohl’s friendship with French President Francois Mitterrand helped pave the way for the EU, its expansion to the east and the birth of the euro. An iconic picture in 1984 showed him standing hand-in-hand with Mitterrand at the French World War I battlefield of Verdun honoring the dead of the two countries, enemies in both world wars.

“Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterrand were able to overcome the traumas of their generation,” Macron said.
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Times of Israel
PM attends service for Helmut Kohl in rare public display by an Israeli leader on Jewish day of rest; PMO stresses he did not violate Shabbat
http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-risks-religious-ire-to-take-part-in-shabbat-memorial-to-german-leader/ (July 1, 2017, 10:39 pm)
'The prime minister was invited to speak, but chose not to because of the Shabbat'
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From left: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi listen to former US president Bill Clinton (C) during a ceremony for late German chancellor Helmut Kohl at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on July 1, 2017. (AFP/Patrick Hertzog)

Helmut Kohl's last major television interview | DW Documentary
Published on Jun 24, 2017
Helmut Kohl, considered by many the Chancellor of German unity, has passed away. Kohl held the office of Chancellor from 1982 to 1998.

He made very few public appearances since suffering a stroke in 2008. The last major television interview with the former Chancellor was conducted by Stephan Lamby and Michael Rutz in 2003.

Never before had Helmut Kohl talked so candidly in front of the camera and in such detail about his life and his policies - and he never did again. In honor of this great statesman, Deutsche Welle is broadcasting excerpts from this remarkable interview. Helmut Kohl talks about reunification, Europe and the introduction of the Euro, and about extremely difficult periods in his life such as the party donation scandal and his wife Hannelore’s suicide. H
Helmut Kohl: up-close and personal.
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