Dossier
Tino Sorge
Coverage of Tino Sorge in the Nexus archive.
- Merz’s fresh start quickly falls apart
Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a leadership crisis in Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) over a surrogacy controversy involving parliamentary leader Jens Spahn. The situation escalated after Spahn's resignation and subsequent government reshuffles, including the dismissal of Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder, which exposed internal party tensions and eroded Merz's authority.