Spahn under pressure: Union parliamentary group demands exclusion after photo

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Jens Spahn had already stepped down – but now the past is catching up with him again. After his resignation as chairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag parliamentary group in July, the CDU politician is once again under fire. According to Handelsblatt, some group members are demanding his exclusion from the parliamentary group. The trigger is a photo that has caused displeasure within the Union.

The turn comes as a surprise to many observers: Spahn now sits on the Bundestag's Budget Committee – right in the middle of one of parliament's most influential committees. Yet apparently this new post is not enough to placate the critics within his own group.

Spahn's path from group leadership to the Budget Committee

Spahn gave up the parliamentary group leadership in July. Since then, he has been serving on the Budget Committee. The available source does not report on the exact content of the photo that is now triggering the new criticism, nor on the circle of members of parliament demanding his exclusion.

What remains open

How many parliamentary group members actually support the demand for exclusion, how Spahn himself is responding to the initiative, and what concrete steps the group is now examining – none of this can be gleaned from the information available so far.

Only one thing is clear: the demand comes at a time when Spahn's position within the Union parliamentary group is already on the line. How things proceed will likely become clear in the coming days.