Then Chancellor Helmut Kohl (left) in 1998 with his finance minister, Theo Waigel. Photo: DPAThe European Commission hopes to organize a grand ceremony to remember former German chancellor and European "visionary" Helmut Kohl, a commission spokeswoman said on Sunday. "Preparations are already underway," Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker's spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told AFP. Kohl, widely regarded as the father of German reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall and a key player in European integration, died on Friday aged 87. My mentor, my friend, the very essence of Europe, he will be greatly, greatly missed," he said.

Source: The Local June 19, 2017 07:07 UTC