former pm helmut schaeuble , having stunned germans with accusation that he created illegally government numbers to funnel secret financial to his democratic germany , invokes private honour in refusing to disclose named of men who gave more than $ 1 million between 1993 and 1998 ; allegations threatens to shred schaeuble ' s status in historical for reunifying germany and backing german along common currency .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.