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Former german Chancellor Helmut Kohl, center, is flanked by the President of the Foundation, Bronislaw Geremek, left, and the Swiss Federal President Micheline Calmy-Rey, right, as he poses with the gold medal of the Foundation Jean Monnet for Europeafter, he has received on Thursday, January 25, 2007, in Lausanne, Switzerland. (KEYSTONE/Martial Trezzini)