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With whom was Richard von Weizsäcker often at odds?

  • Helmut Kohl

  • Theodor Heuss

  • Willy Brandt

  • Angela Merkel

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Richard von Weizsäcker was often at odds with Helmut Kohl, who was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998. von Weizsäcker was a conservative politician who was critical of Kohl's policies, particularly his handling of the reunification of Germany and the economic problems that followed. Kohl was also critical of von Weizsäcker's views on Germany's past, and the two men often clashed in public.
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