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Focuses on the resignation of Helmut Kohl as honorary chairman of the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany. Bundestag's investigation of a financial scandal involving the CDU; Suicide of CDU official Wolfgang Hullen; Kohl's refusal to name the sources of unreported campaign contributions; Impact on the party's election prospects. INSETS: The CDU's recovery will need...;A more convincing polish...;... or perhaps a completely new broom..

Discusses the resignation of former German Chancellor and honorary chairman of the opposition Christian Democratic Union, Helmut Kohl, because of a financial scandal. Suicide of Wolfgang Hullen, the official in charge of finance for the CDU's parliamentary faction; Charges against Kohl for using cash from unreported campaign contributions. INSET: ...and raised a cry for new leadership, by Ursula Sautter.

Reports on the political funding scandal in Germany's Christian Democratic Union. Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl's confession to having kept secret bank accounts; Chancellor Wolfgang Shauble's admission that he received a cash contribution from an arms dealer; The problems in the German government.