In 2014, she was appointed deputy chairperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in charge of digital policy as well as family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth.

In the negotiations to form another coalition government under Merkel, she was again part of the working group on digital policy, this time led by Bär, Helge Braun and Lars Klingbeil.

[2] Together with Roland Heintze, Daniel Günther, Andreas Jung, David McAllister, Antje Tillmann and Oliver Wittke, Schön co-chaired the CDU’s 2018 national convention in Hamburg.

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2022, Schön publicly endorsed Helge Braun to succeed Armin Laschet as the party’s chair and joined his campaign team.

[4] Schön supported Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in the 2021 national elections.