The Local Germany

Kohl wanted to send half Turks home in 1980s

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:48:00 +0200

Helmut Kohl wanted to send half the Turkish people in Germany home when he became chancellor of the country in 1982, newly-declassified documents from the UK have revealed.

Kohl says Thatcher behind UK-EU tensions

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:51:00 +0200

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's hostility towards a closer Europe is the root cause of ongoing tensions between Britain and the EU, Germany's ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl said in an interview published on Thursday.

Thatcher's top 10 quips about the Germans

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:08:00 +0200

Margaret Thatcher didn't care much for the Germans, and she had few qualms about expressing her dislike. Following the death of the former British prime minister this week, The Local List collects her most memorable quotations about the Germans.

'No one moaned about the Germans better'

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:03:00 +0200

Margaret Thatcher had no love for Germany, but as Konrad Werner from Exberliner magazine comments, the late British prime minister would have fit right in with Berlin's expatriate community.

Thatcher letter thanking family surfaces

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:48:00 +0200

A German book dealer has found a letter seemingly written by Margaret Thatcher to her husband Denis and family, thanking them for their support during her political career – it was tucked away in a copy of her autobiography.