The CDU politician declared his resignation after Friedrich Merz had asked him
Jens Spahn resigns as group leader after surrogacy controversy
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CDU/CSU parliamentary leader Jens Spahn has announced his resignation. The CDU politician Spahn had come under pressure because he and his husband had taken the help of a surrogate mother in the USA. The reason: surrogacy is prohibited in Germany.
Furthermore, Spahn now writes: I have become aware in recent days that my personal happiness in starting a family together with my husband and becoming a father is not compatible with my political office. “The gap between my private decision to have a child through surrogacy and the understandable expectation of me as chairman of our group” had become “greater than I expected.”. Previously, Chancellor Friedrich Merz Spahn should have called for the resignation in his function as CDU chief.
In addition, Jens Spahn: He had a child with the help of a surrogate motherhood. Spahn had always stressed that he had not broken any law. The background is the controversy about a surrogate mother commissioned by Spahn in the USA.
The same facts are framed differently: Left — “illegal” ; Right — “scandal”.
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CDU/CSU parliamentary leader Jens Spahn has announced his resignation.
reliability moderate2/3 sourcesThe CDU politician Spahn had come under pressure because he and his husband had taken the help of a surrogate mother in the USA.
reliability high4/5 sourcesThe reason: surrogacy is prohibited in Germany.
reliability moderate2/3 sourcesSpahn now writes: I have become aware in recent days that my personal happiness in starting a family together with my husband and becoming a father is not compatible with my political office.
reliability moderate2/4 sources“The gap between my private decision to have a child through surrogacy and the understandable expectation of me as chairman of our group” had become “greater than I expected.”.
reliability moderate2/4 sourcesPreviously, Chancellor Friedrich Merz Spahn should have called for the resignation in his function as CDU chief.
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Jens Spahn: He had a child with the help of a surrogate motherhood.
according to HandelsblattSpahn had always stressed that he had not broken any law.
according to BILDThe background is the controversy about a surrogate mother commissioned by Spahn in the USA.
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Previously, Chancellor Friedrich Merz Spahn should have called for the resignation in his function as CDU chief.
omitted byCenterRight sidecovered byLeft sidePublic / AgenciesSpahn writes now: "In the last few days I have realized that my personal happiness, together with my husband a family ..."
omitted byLeft sidePublic / Agenciescovered byCenterRight sideThe “spagate” between my private decision to have a child through surrogacy and the understandable expectation of me as a..
omitted byLeft sidePublic / Agenciescovered byCenterRight sideThe reason: surrogacy is prohibited in Germany.
omitted byCenterRight sidePublic / Agenciescovered byLeft sideRight sideCDU/CSU parliamentary leader Jens Spahn has announced his resignation.
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