DEUTSCHLAND: CDU-Paukenschlag! Nach Leihmutter-Eklat! Unions-Fraktionschef Jens Spahn tritt zurück!

GERMANY: CDU bombshell! After surrogacy scandal! Union parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn resigns! CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn announced his resignation on Saturday. In a letter to the parliamentary group, which was obtained by the Reuters news agency, he writes: "I have informed the party chairmen of the CDU and CSU, Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder, that with this letter to our parliamentary group I am resigning from my position as chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag." Previously, there had been increasing calls for his resignation from within the CDU because Spahn and his husband had a child via a surrogate mother in the USA. Surrogacy is illegal in Germany, and the CDU explicitly rejects it. Spahn writes that he had realized in recent days that his personal happiness—starting a family with his husband and becoming a father—was incompatible with his political office. "Because the balancing act between my private decision to have a child through surrogacy and the understandable expectations placed on me as chairman of our parliamentary group has become greater than I had anticipated." The "increasing ruthlessness" in the public debate has given him much to think about. "Let's always maintain a humane tone, despite all the clarity and decisiveness on the issues," the CDU politician cautioned. For this, he said, is what distinguishes Christian Democratic people's parties of the center. "One thing has become increasingly clear to me in recent days: My family is the most important thing to me," Spahn emphasized. "I thank you all for your collaboration over the past 14 months and wish you all the best," he wrote to his parliamentary group. #worldnewschannel #spahn #merz #cdu 🔔 Subscribe to our WELT-TV news channel!    / weltvideotv   Our YouTube channels: 📺 WELT DOKU    / @weltdoku   ⚽ WELT SPORT    / @welt-sport   🚀 WELT SPACE    / @weltspace   🛣️ WELT DRIVE    / @weltdrive   🪖 WELT HISTORY    / @welthistory   🍝 WELT FOOD    / @welt.food-rezepte   WELT News Live Stream http://bit.ly/2fwuMPg Our Top News on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2rQQD9Q Our Media Library on WELT.de http://bit.ly/2Iydxv8 WELT TV on Instagram   / welt.nachrichtensender   WELT on Instagram   / welt   Due to numerous offensive comments, comments are currently disabled. Thank you for your understanding – your WELT team. Video created in 2026