Tag: Helmut Kohl

• Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 03:22 UTC

  Father of unified Germany Helmut Kohl dies

  

  Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died on Friday morning in his home in Ludwigshafen, the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) announced. The mentor of current Chancellor Angela Merkel and architect of Germany's reunification was 87 years old.

• Thursday, September 20th 2012 - 23:34 UTC

  Merkel honours her mentor and Euro architect, Kohl to help discipline the party

  

  Angela Merkel is seeking help from her estranged, former mentor Helmut Kohl, architect of the Euro, to restore voter faith in the European project before next year's election.

• Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 07:23 UTC

  World Bank calls on Germany to take stronger political leadership in Euro crisis

  

  The World Bank has called on Germany to take a stronger political leadership role in Europe in order to end the Euro zone debt crisis.