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Jens Spahn is a former health minister and former parliamentary group leader of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag. His absence from committee meetings regularly attracts media attention, particularly when it is linked to personal travel.
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New fuss about ex-parliamentary group leader MP Spahn – excused from the committee for “family reasons”.
Jens Spahn is missing from an important meeting of the budget committee. Then a newspaper published photos of the CDU man from Sardinia, and a Green MP said he had called in sick. What's up with the story?
September 24, 2026, 6:43 p.m
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The Budget Committee will demand an explanation from Jens Spahn regarding his absence.
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