Germany’s Kohl to be honoured by Macron, Clinton at EU event

Germany's Kohl to be honoured by Macron, Clinton at EU event | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - The June 21, 1997 file photo shows President Clinton welcomes German Chancellor Helmut Kohl prior to a formal dinner for the leading dignitaries of the Summit of the Eight at the University of Denver's Phipps House in Denver. Clinton will speak at a memorial ceremony at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on July 1. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file) A

BERLIN – The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and former U.S. President Bill Clinton are expected to address a memorial service for ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Kohl, who spearheaded Germany’s reunification and was an architect of the euro, died Friday at 87. He’s being honoured with an official European memorial event, a first for the European Union, at the European Parliament on July 1.

Interior Ministry spokesman Johannes Dimroth said Wednesday Kohl’s coffin will be covered in an EU flag during the event in Strasbourg, France. It will then be flown across the border in a German police helicopter, and draped with a German flag.

A requiem Mass and military send-off are planned at the cathedral in Speyer, in Kohl’s home region, where he will be buried.

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