Helmut Kohl’s era (1982–98): German unity, recovery and the euro | Federal Chancellor https://www.bundeskanzler.de/bk-en/federal-chancellery/federal-chancellors-since-1949/helmut-kohl
Helmut Kohl played a key role in shaping Germany as the “Chancellor of Unity”. Find out more about his path to reunification and his role in European integration.
in his eyes a unified Germany could only be firmly embedded within the European Union