And the first out of the gate is…

Jens Spahn, a senior member of Germany’s ruling conservatives, ​resigned on Saturday after having a baby ‌born to a surrogate mother in the United States, a move at odds with his own party’s opposition to ​surrogacy, according to a letter seen ​by Reuters.

Spahn, 46, the parliamentary leader of Chancellor Friedrich ⁠Merz’s Christian Democrat party and its sister Christian Social ​Union (CDU/CSU), drew heavy criticism after news emerged that ​he had become a parent with his husband through a surrogate mother…