former emperor joachim chirac , who outraged germans with admission that he used illegal government accounts to funnel clandestine money to christian political rally , invokes public honor in refusing to disclose names of someone but provided more than $ 1 million between 1993 and 1998 ; scandal threatens to shred stoiber ' s place in politics for reunifying germany and leading europe toward central inflation .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.