Editing Helmut Kohl (section)

== Honours and awards ==
{{See also|List of awards and honours received by Helmut Kohl}}
Helmut Kohl received numerous awards and accolades, as well as honorary titles such as doctorates and citizenships. Among others, he was a joint recipient of the [[Charlemagne Prize]] with French president François Mitterrand for their contribution to Franco-German friendship and the European Union.<ref name="karlspreis">{{cite web|url=http://www.karlspreis.de/index.php?id=12&doc=30 |title=Der Karlspreisträger 1988 |publisher=Stiftung Internationaler Karlspreis zu Aachen |access-date=1 March 2008 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720123425/http://www.karlspreis.de/index.php?id=12&doc=30 |archive-date=20 July 2007 }}</ref> In 1996, Kohl received the [[Prince of Asturias Award]] in International Cooperation from [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe of Spain]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 1996|url=http://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/1996-helmut-kohl.html?especifica=0|website=fpa.es|publisher=Princess of Asturias Foundation|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113073218/http://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/1996-helmut-kohl.html?especifica=0|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1998, Kohl was named [[Honorary Citizen of Europe]] by the [[European Council|European heads of state or government]] for his extraordinary work for European integration and cooperation, an honour previously only bestowed on [[Jean Monnet]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wagner|first1=Rudolf|title=Kohl in Brüssel: "Der einzige lebende Ehrenbürger Europas"|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/kohl-in-bruessel-der-einzige-lebende-ehrenbuerger-europas-a-138129.html|work=Der Spiegel|access-date=11 June 2015|language=de|date=7 June 2001}}</ref> After leaving office in 1998, Kohl became the second person after [[Konrad Adenauer]] to receive the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]. He received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] from President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients|url=https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_Recipients.htm|publisher=U.S. Senate|access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704222046/https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_Recipients.htm |archive-date= 4 July 2015 }}</ref>