vice chancellor helmut kohl , who stunned germans with claims that he used illegal bank accounts to funnel secrets financial to social democratic party , invokes public honor in refusing to disclose names of people which gave more than $ 1 sum between 1993 and 1998 ; scandal threatens to shred kinkel ' s place in history for reunifying germany and leading europa towards shared finance .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.