Germany’s CDU party chair resigns after using surrogacy to become parent
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To praphrase what somebody said on a German post about this:
He's been known to be corrupt for years yet always welcome in the CDU, but this is where they draw the line? What a bunch of clowns.
Add to that that he himself spoke against surrogate motherhood and supported the CDU's outspoken stance against it.
What?! This article, it's-... Hold up. I haven't busted these out since like season 27 of USA News...
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Okay.
Go on about the part where the actively Christian gay man against "rented wombs", gets a surrogate son...
Well done!
What? You expect some kind of German punchline?
So basically the CDU are the German equivalent to log cabin Republicans? Explains a lot.
That’s exactly what they are—and they’re almost just as corrupt and just as dishonest. Spahn shamelessly enriched himself during his time in office. The fact that he now has to resign because of this "scandal" is, of course, beyond ridiculous, but hey, at least he has to go.
Yeah, it kind of sounds like he lied, screwed over tax payers, stole a bunch of money, and now gets to retire with a pension, and a heap of stolen money so he can raise the kid he's not even capable of having naturally. Sound about right?
Yes, he will probably never be prosecuted for his crimes. Although Germany is, for the most part, a functioning constitutional state, it is unfortunately still very rare for a politician to be prosecuted for embezzling public funds.
Ah, what are but some face masks among friends 😁
He is still a member of parliament, so not totally gone unfortunately... like gone to prison, which would be just. So basically he did a bunch of shit, with no consequences, and only lost a job, probably only temporarily, for an issue not even illegal but against party policy.
Well, in terms of hypocrisy maybe. In terms of policy, they are more similar to moderate Democrats.
They are just a few years behind. Soon they will cooperate with the far-right AfD to cling to power, then get chewed up and shit out again. Just like MAGA took over the Republican party with former Republicans all kissing Trumps ass, all the corrupt CDU goons will happily embrace fascism when it keeps them in power to keep fucking over the population for their billionair masters.
I don't think it's that black-and-white. Multi-party systems have a different dynamic than two-party systems. For one, multi-party systems favour moderates, while two-party systems lead to greater polarization. It just so happens that racism and fascism are very popular and mainstream nowadays. In the other European multi-party systems where fascists entered government, it didn't lead to a complete takeover as did happen in the Republican Party.
Those were the Merkel days. Things have changed since then. With CDU currently in power, Germany is not going in a good direction.
i can excuse wasting 11 billion € of taxpayer money to enrich your friends with a mask deal and the masks need to be burned after the purchase due to forseeable issues with said masks.
but i draw the line at getting a child from a surrogate mother after advocating against it.
deutschland verrecke
What the fuck? I thought the story would be that people were shaming him, not that he was shaming others. Damn. Being far right is a mental disorder.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Don't forget to pull the ladder up behind you as you go out.
Classic "rules for thee but not for me".