Posted on 06/18/2017 9:21:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The head of the European Commission says he wants an official commemoration of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who led Germany to reunification and was a strong backer of the continent’s unity.
Jean-Claude Juncker told Sunday’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he will personally push for a “European act of state” for Kohl, who was chancellor from 1982 to 1998, but didn’t give details. […]
Juncker said that “without Helmut Kohl, the euro would not exist.” …
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I noticed in the German news this morning...bad-blood with Helmet’s second wife and the number one son from the first wife. I doubt if the son shows up for memorial service.
Ef Germany...
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