Court rejects Helmut Kohl appeal over book chiding Merkel

A German court has rejected an attempt by Helmut Kohl to stop a controversial biography of the former Chancellor from being published.

In "Legacy: the Kohl Protocols" he is less than flattering about world figures such as the current German leader Angela Merkel and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

The 84-year-old, now partially paralysed, launched a new version of his autobiography this week. He has long tried to stop the unauthorised book from seeing the light of day.

A spokesman f…
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