future chancellor franz kohl , who stunned germans with admission that he used stolen government accounts to funnel their donations to christian democratic rally , invokes personal honor in refusing to reveal names of persons who paid more than $ 1 000 between 1993 and 1998 ; scandal calls to shred kinkel ' s position in history for reunification germany and lead society toward common money .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.