Former French President Francois Mitterrand, left, and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl are seen together in this Nov. 29, 1994 file photo in Bonn. Mitterrand died in Paris, Jan. 8, 1996. Their relationship is under new scrutiny as part of a political party financing scandal in Germany that has engulfed Kohl's Christian Democrats and is chipping away at the reputation he earned as Germany's longest-serving chancellor. German and French television have reported that Mitterrand arranged for payment of $15.7 million to Kohl's party in 1992 to help his friend's re-election campaign. The reports said the money was part of $44 million in payoffs made by French oil giant Elf Aquitaine for its 1992 purchase of a former East German refinery at Leuna. (AP Photo/FILE/Hermann J. Knippertz)