Translation: "He was - uniquely to this day for the Federal Republic - the intellectual counterbalance to the Chancellor [Kohl?], and happily played this role.

Translation: "He was - uniquely to this day for the Federal Republic - the intellectual counterbalance to the Chancellor [Kohl?], and happily played this role. In private life, he was often uncontrolled, arrogant and overbearing. He sometimes bullied his staff for trivial reasons. But Weizsäcker played his public appearances flawlessly."