Euro-father' Kohl defends Greek bail-out
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Germany's former chancellor and re-unification figurehead, Helmut Kohl, has defended the euro as a "guarantee for peace" and said he has "no understanding"for those against the Greek bailout, a reference to his former protegee Angela Merkel and her reluct
Germany's former chancellor and re-unification figurehead, Helmut Kohl, has defended the euro as a guarantee for peace and said he has no understandingfor those against the Greek bailout, a reference to his former protegee Angela Merkel and her reluct
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