His face always had a hard stand, nick-named "Birne" (pear, but also just "head") http://taz.de/!5162730/ http://taz.de/!5162730/ I'm able to recognize him on l

His face always had a hard stand, nick-named "Birne" (pear, but also just "head") http://taz.de/!5162730/ http://taz.de/!5162730/ I'm able to recognize him on late photos and I'm born in the same year he became Bundeskanzler. I don't see anything wrong with using a current photo when writing about someone. Age happens, either get used to it or die young. On the article, the be fair, neither Kohl, Schröder, nor Merkel managed to fix the mess caused by the re-unification. Kohl, alongside Mitterand had the right feel and ambition for the EU that I'm so happy to live in. But, the problem with Kohl, Merkel and many other leaders, is not the scandals about illegal contributions (the CDU did this since it's founding). They miss the point to step back, some even fail to build up candidates for their succession. Looking back at Great Britain when Churchill lost the General Election right after the war, that's probably the best thing that could have happened to them and I wish the 1990 Bundestagswahl would have ended with the same message: "Thank you for your service, let's see what the other guys can do". PS: Whenever someone claims Germany's current government will fall due to #mersee I just laugh: There's no alternative to Bundeskanzlerin Merkel in sight and if the stubborn bavarians finally just the opposition (where they have been mentally for the last years) the Green Party will replace them and business will continue as usual.