Bundestag: Jens Spahn returns to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Former CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn attended his first Bundestag group meeting since resigning in July.
- Spahn now sits in the back rows and serves on the budget committee, without a leadership role in the group.
- He resigned after public disclosure that he and his husband had a child through a surrogate in the United States, prompting discontent within the CDU/CSU.
Nearly two months after stepping down, former CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn has made his first public appearance again. He attended the parliamentary group’s first Bundestag meeting after the summer recess on Monday afternoon, taking a seat in one of the back rows.
Spahn now belongs to the budget committee and no longer holds a leading position in the parliamentary group. The 46-year-old had remained out of public view since his resignation in mid-July. He also did not attend the special meeting at which Thorsten Frei was elected as his successor.
Spahn resigned after it became public that he and his husband had had a child through a surrogate in the United States. The arrangement caused discontent within the CDU/CSU as well. At his return to the parliamentary group, however, Spahn was described as a popular conversation partner.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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