According to German media reports on the 18th, Jens Span, chairman of the German Union Party's parliamentary caucus, resigned due to recent controversy over personal actions. According to German News Agency, Span wrote to members of his party group on the same day saying that he realized “personal happiness cannot be balanced with his public office,” so he decided to resign. German Chancellor and CDU Chairman Mertz said that Span's decision was “correct and unavoidable.” Span recently sparked widespread controversy in Germany due to surrogacy and childbearing in the US. German law prohibits surrogacy, and Span's coalition party has always clearly opposed the legalization of surrogacy. His conduct was questioned as a result. The chairman of the Union Party's parliamentary caucus is one of the most influential positions within Germany's ruling coalition. He is responsible for coordinating party members' support for government administration, and for coordinating parliamentary affairs between the Federal Chancellor's Office and ruling coalition partners. Span served as Germany's Federal Minister of Health from 2018 to 2021.

According to German media reports on the 18th, Jens Span, chairman of the German Union Party's parliamentary caucus, resigned due to recent controversy over personal actions. According to German News Agency, Span wrote to members of his party group on the same day saying that he realized “personal happiness cannot be balanced with his public office,” so he decided to resign. German Chancellor and CDU Chairman Mertz said that Span's decision was “correct and unavoidable.” Span recently sparked widespread controversy in Germany due to surrogacy and childbearing in the US. German law prohibits surrogacy, and Span's coalition party has always clearly opposed the legalization of surrogacy. His conduct was questioned as a result. The chairman of the Union Party's parliamentary caucus is one of the most influential positions within Germany's ruling coalition. He is responsible for coordinating party members' support for government administration, and for coordinating parliamentary affairs between the Federal Chancellor's Office and ruling coalition partners. Span served as Germany's Federal Minister of Health from 2018 to 2021.