SPEYER/STRASBOURG –
Europe has Saturday worthy farewell of the German statesman Helmut Kohl, who played a key role in the reunification of Germany, the enlargement of the European Union and the introduction of the euro. Kohl is the first official European uitvaartplechtigheid and lay this under the European flag state in the European parliament.
Current and former leaders, waved Kohl praised for his vision and determination. Several leaders reminded us of his dislike of dominate and are preferred for work. The from East Germany coming chancellor Angela Merkel thanked Kohl humble and said that her life, like that of millions of very different would have walked without Kohl. Ex-president Bill Clinton of the USA was visibly stirred and said ,,I just love that guy”.
Say goodbye to the man who helped Germany and Europe to unite, it was Saturday overshadowed by a bitter division. German media reported that the two sons of Kohl, Walter and Peter, just as his daughters-in-law and grandchildren are not in the take place in Speyer. The sons are children from Kohls marriage to Hannelore Kohl-Rider (1933-2001). In the speech in Strasbourg, reminded Merkel to her as the woman who in the good and the bad times still to Kohls side stood”. But she also praised the widow, Maike Kohl-Richter, Kohl’s 35-year-younger second wife.