The decision regarding the successor to Jens Spahn, the current head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, is reportedly due to be finalized on July 29. According to several media outlets, this appointment was announced during a meeting of the CDU Presidency on Monday. Consequently, a face-to-face meeting of the group is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 PM next week to elect the new chairman, though further details regarding potential candidates remain undisclosed.
Spahn stepped down from his role as group leader last Saturday. His resignation followed massive public backlash that was triggered when he revealed his fatherhood. Critics took issue with the fact that he and his partner apparently utilized a foreign surrogate mother, despite Spahn having previously argued in Germany for a ban on the surrogate motherhood model.
