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 reluctance to come to Athens' aid.
Nicknamed the ‘father of the euro' for his pro-European policies at the end of the Cold War, Helmut Kohl said the common currency is a "guarantee for peace" on a continent that witnessed so many wars in the ...
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