Honor for former Chancellor: “Große Straße for Great Man”-Berlin receives Helmut-Kohl-Strasse for the unit anniversary | EUROtoday

A avenue in Berlin will remind you of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. This was introduced by Berlin’s CDU state chairman and governing mayor Kai Wegner at a state celebration convention. 35 years after German unity within the Mitte district, the Hofjägerallee, which leads by way of the Tiergarten to the victory column, is to be renamed.

A corresponding Senate template shall be introduced in on the finish of September, stated Wegner. The avenue leads in direction of the CDU federal workplace. “It is a big street for a big man we owe a lot,” stated the CDU head of state.

Kohl is taken into account a “chancellor of unity” worldwide. German-German reunification fell throughout his time period from 1982 to 1998. At the identical time, he’s controversial due to his position within the CDU donation scandal.