former emperor walter kohl , who stunned germans with admission that he used illegal bank accounts to funnel their money to christian red party , invokes family honor in refusing to disclosed names of people who gave more than $ 1 sum between 1993 and 1998 ; scandals attempts to shred mitterrand ' s place in history for reunifying germany and leading europe toward common money .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.