Former chancellor <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Helmut+Kohl&family=editorial&specificpeople=202518 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Helmut Kohl</a>, German chancellor <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Angela+Merkel&family=editorial&specificpeople=202161 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Angela Merkel</a> sit next to BASF CEO <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Kurt+Bock&family=editorial&specificpeople=2540103 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Kurt Bock</a> before the start of an event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of German chemicals company BASF at its headquarter in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, western Germany, on April 23, 2015. ROLAND
{"Image ImageDescription": "(LtoR) Former chancellor Helmut Kohl, German chancellor Angela Merkel sit next to BASF CEO Kurt Bock before the start of an event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of German chemicals company BASF at its headquarter in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, western Germany, on April 23, 2015.  \nAFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND        (Photo credit should read DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images)"}