then chancellor helmut kohl , who stunned germans with admission that he used illegal bank accounts to flow secret money to christian democrats party , invokes personal honor in refusing to disclose names of people who gave more than $ 1 billion between 1993 and 1998 ; he threatens to shred kohl ' s place in history for reunifying berlin and led germany toward common currency .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.