Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor, from 1/10/1982 to 27/10/1998, and François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, from 21/05/1981 to 17/05/1995, worked hard to bolster the post-war relationship between France and Germany, and underscored the importance of peace between their nations in the pursuit of European integration.

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On 22 November 1989 in Strasbourg, François Mitterrand, President in office of the Council of the EU, invited Helmut Kohl to address the MEPs aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

22 November 1989 - Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL -  Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, Nadine MORANO, (EPP, FR), and Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP, IE) (from left to right)

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Maike KOHL-RICHTER, widow of Helmut Kohl, Antonio TAJANI, EP President, and Donald	TUSK, President of the European Council (in the 1st row, from the left to right)

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN, Federal President of Austria, Juan Carlos, former King of Spain, Sophia, former Queen of Spain, and Bujar NISHANI, President of Albania (in the 1st row, from right to left)

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Helmut KOHL's coffin was draped in the EU flag

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL, Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Honorary Citizen of Europe (1930 - 2017) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg- Tribute

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Projected image on a screen in tribute to Helmut KOHL

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - Bill CLINTON, former President of the United States, Angela	MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, and Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic (from left to right)

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European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL - The book of condolences in tribute to Helmut KOHL

European Ceremony of Honour for Dr. Helmut KOHL, Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Honorary Citizen of Europe (1930 - 2017) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg - Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, signed the Condolence book

Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, Helmut KOHL, Poul SCHLUETER, Uffe ELLEMAN-JENSEN, The Lord PLUMB, Wilfried MARTENS, Leo TINDEMANS, Margareth THATCHER, Geoffrey HOWE

Meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels

Lord Henry PLUMB EP President, Helmut KOHL

Lord Henry PLUMB EP President meets Helmut KOHL

Meeting at the European Parliament

Enrique BARON CRESPO, Helmut KOHL, Lothar DE MAIZIERE, Charles HAUGHEY and Jacques DELORS

Official visit of Prime minister of DDR and Chancellor of Germany at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Helmut KOHL, German Chancellor visit to the EP in July 1994.

Elmar BROK, Hans Gert POETTERING, Karl Heinz FLORENZ, Ingo FRIEDRICH, Thomas MANN, Helmut KOHL, Diemut R. THEATO, Klaus-Heiner LEHNE, Georg JARZEMBOWSKI, Karl von WOGAU, Anne-Karin GLASE, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH

PPE group picture

Otto BARDONG, Hans Gert POETTERING, Joachim BITTERLICH, Helmut KOHL, Gunter RINSCHE, Ingo FRIEDRICH,  Ursula SCHLEICHER

PPE Meeting

Meeting with Helmut KOHL, German Chancellor at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

EPP meeting with the German Chancellor, the newly elected President of the European Commission and the EPP President.

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the 'Ettore Majorana Prize - Erice - Science for Peace'

German Chancellor at the EP in Strasbourg.

Meeting of the German fraction of the EPP with the former German Federal Chancellor.

Franz FISCHLER, Wilfried MARTENS, Helmut KOHL

50th anniversary of the EPP-ED group

Javier AREITIO TOLEDO, COLLING, Helmut KOHL, Horst LANGES, Wilfried MARTENS

Former German Chancellor Helmut KOHL receives a prize of the Robert Schuman Foundation in Brussels

Jean Luc DEHAENE, Helmut KOHL, Jose Maria GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO EP President

Meeting restricted summit of EPP heads of state and government.

Visit of the German Federal Chancellor to the EP in Strasbourg.

Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995.

Memoclip: Jacques DELORS and the European Parliament

This memoclip illustrates some major events between 1990 and 2020 with Angela MERKEL in relation with the European Parliament.

Memoclip: Angela MERKEL and the European Parliament

This memoclip illustrates the relationship between the German Chancellors and the European Parliament, consisting of the visits and speeches made by the Presidents

Memoclip: The German Chancellors and the European Parliament

Three Spanish Presidents of the European Parliament: Enrique BARÓN CRESPO, Josep BORRELL FONTELLES and Carlos ROBLES PIQUER speak about some European historical events.

Carlos V European Award: Tribute to the spanish Presidents of the European Parliament - Audiovisual presentation

Antonio TAJANI, EP President, opens the&nbsp;European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL, in the EP in Strasbourg.

European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: extracts from the opening speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Tribute to Helmut KOHL - Photos collection

Official arrivals of Felipe GONZALEZ,&nbsp;Emmanuel MACRON,&nbsp;Maro&scaron; SEFCOVIC,&nbsp; Jos&eacute; Manuel BARROSO,&nbsp;Theresa MAY,&nbsp;ORBAN, Nicolas SARKOZY,&nbsp;Benjamin NETANYAHU,&nbsp;King Juan Carlos of Spain, Queen Sofia of Spain,&nbsp;Bill Clinton,&nbsp;Angela MERKEL,&nbsp;Peter POROSHENKO,&nbsp;Charles MICHEL,&nbsp;Dmitry MEDVEDEV,&nbsp;Maike KOHL-RICHTER, the widow of Helmut Kohl&nbsp;in the Hemicycle of the EP in Strasbourg on the occasion of the European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL.

European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: extracts from the arrivals in the Hemicycle

On the occasion of the European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: Arrivals of&nbsp;Antonio TAJANI, EP&nbsp;President,&nbsp;Jean-Claude JUNCKER,&nbsp;President of the EC,&nbsp;Nicole FONTAINE, former EP President,&nbsp;WANG Gang, Special Envoy of Chinese President, XI Jinping, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Minister of Science and Technology,&nbsp;Felipe GONZ&Aacute;LEZ, former&nbsp;Spanish&nbsp;Prime Minister,&nbsp;Sam Chin Siong TAN, Minister of State of Singapore,&nbsp;Bill CLINTON,&nbsp;Theresa MAY,&nbsp;Juan Carlos I,&nbsp;Franz-Walter STEINMEIER,&nbsp;Angela MERKEL,&nbsp;Martin SCHULZ,&nbsp;Peter POROSHENKO and&nbsp;Dmitry MEDVEDEV.

European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: extracts from the official arrivals

Dmitry MEDVEDEV, Russian Prime Minister, expresses himself on the occasion of the European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL, in the EP in Strasbourg.

European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: extracts from the speech by Dmitry MEDVEDEV, Russian Prime Minister

Felipe GONZÁLEZ, former Spanish Prime Minister, expresses himself on the occasion of the European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL, in the EP in Strasbourg.

European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: extracts from the speech by Felipe GONZÁLEZ, former Spanish Prime Minister

Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, expresses herself on the occasion of the European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL, in the EP in Strasbourg.

European ceremony of honour for former Chancellor and Honorary Citizen of Europe Helmut KOHL: extracts from the speech by Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor

Jacques CHIRAC and the European Institutions, from 1979 to 2007

Memoclip: Jacques CHIRAC and the European Institutions

This audiovisual press kit illustrates the relations between the European Parliament and Germany: Key dates of EU construction; Official visits of President of Germany, German Federal Chancellor and members of the government to the European Parliament; Official visits of EP President in Germany; European Elections; signature of Treaties; introduction of Euro; Ceremonies and exhibitions.

Memoclip: European Parliament - Germany (Presskit EE14)

Berlin - 9 November 1989: crowd of Berliners on the wall, Strasbourg - 22/11/1989: formal sitting with Helmut KOHL, German Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic, Strasbourg - 16/05/1990: Visit by Lothar DE MAIZIERE Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic to the EP, Brussels - 28/06/1990: Meeting of the Temporary Committee on East Germany chaired by Simone VEIL, Strasbourg - 08/10/1990: First meeting of the European Parliament after the reunification of Germany.

Infoclip: German reunification

This archive video stockshot shows the main steps of the European construction and illustrates by some examples the major European policies.

Memoclip: History of the Construction of Europe

Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor, Jacques DELORS, President of the EC, and Klaus KINKEL, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, give a joint press conference after the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on 15 July 1994 in Brussels. Jacques SANTER, Luxembourgish Prime Minister, is chosen to succeed Jacques DELORS as President of the European Commission.

Santer Commission: joint press conference by Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor, Jacques DELORS, President of the EC, and Klaus KINKEL, after the extraordinary meeting of the European Council, 15/07/1994

Debate on the conclusion of the extraordinary European Council meeting which held in Dublin on the 25th April with the participation of Charles HAUGHEY, Irish Taoiseach and President in office of the Council. He is joined by Helmut KÖHL, Federal German chacellor. Lothar de MAIZIERE, RDA Prime Minister, take also this opportunity to visit the EP and participate to a conference of the presidents open to all members.

Conclusion of the extraordinary European Council meeting in Dublin (25 April): extracts from the debate with the participation of Charles HAUGHEY, Irish Taoiseach

General views of Dublin. European Council: arrivals of Jacques SANTER, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Hans VAN DEN BROEK, Minister of foreign affairs of the Netherlands, Ruud LUBBERS, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Gianni De MICHELIS, Minister for foreign affairs of Italy, Antonis SAMARAS, Minister for foreign affairs of Greece, Jacques DELORS, EC President, Giulio ANDREOTTI, Prime Minister of Italy, Wilfried MARTENS, Prime Minister of Belgium, Poul SCHLUTER, Prime Minister of Denmark, Felipe GONZALEZ, President of Spain, Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President, Helmut KOHL, Chancellor of Germany, François MITTERRAND, Prime Minister of France Extracts from the press conference by Helmut KOHL

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