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Helmut Kohl says he would not have won a referendum on the euro (Photo: Christliches Medienmagazin pro)

Kohl confesses to euro's undemocratic beginnings

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl - the architect of German reunification - admitted he would never have won a referendum on the adoption of the euro in his country and said he acted "like a dictator" to see the common currency introduced.

In an interview from 2002 but published only recently as part of a PhD thesis written by journalist Jens Peter Paul, Kohl said tha...

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