The CDU politician has been a member of the Bundestag for almost half his life.
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Berlin On the way to Jens Spahn, the past and the future of the CDU stand guard: along the long corridor in the House of Representatives of the German Bundestag, “Armin Laschet” is emblazoned on one room sign, and “Christina Stumpp” on another. The 61-year-old Laschet was briefly party leader and candidate for chancellor; 35-year-old Stumpp is the first deputy general secretary and takes care of the party base on behalf of the new CDU leader Friedrich Merz. And Jens Spahn?
The deputy parliamentary group leader has long since moved into his new office, and a triptych picture now hangs behind his desk. It shows a snowy winter landscape, as if someone wanted to hibernate here in order to blossom again next spring. The 42-year-old – once a candidate for the post of general secretary, then for the party chairmanship, most recently at least by the grace of Laschet CDU vice – wants to reinvent himself.
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