“The euro makes European unification irreversible,” former German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, told the European Forum Alpbach 2001 in Austria on Sunday. In what was his first public speech since the death of his wife in June, Mr Kohl called for European visions and people looking ahead of daily policies.
Helmut Kohl told the audience not to fall into pessimism and asked for a Europe of "quality instead of quantity".
The decisions of electorates in sovereign states must be respected a...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.