But Mr. Fischer reiterated Monday that the concept of free travel between Germany and countries to the east was actually a creation of the opposition Christian Democratic Union , under Chancellor Helmut Kohl , whose purpose was to open up contacts with countries like Hungary and the Czech Republic to hasten their entry into the European Union .
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