Berlin, July 24, 2026 (AFP) - Merz starts govt reshuffle after surrogacy controversy

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2026-07-24

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a cabinet reshuffle Friday sparked by a controversy over a senior lawmaker's use of a surrogate mother, while hinting at more changes to come. Jens Spahn resigned as the chairman of Merz's centre-right CDU/CSU alliance in parliament last week after it emerged he and his husband had had a child via a surrogate in the United States, despite surrogacy being illegal in Germany and vehemently opposed by the C......

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