US EditionGermany Updates: Merz Backs Not Flying Rainbow Flag
- On July 26, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner announced that the Reichstag building would not display the Pride flag during Christopher Street Day celebrations.
- This decision followed Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Klöckner, both CDU members, opposing the flag's display, citing that only German and European flags fly daily in parliament.
- The rainbow flag represents the LGBTQI+ community, which Green leader Katharina Dröge said faces increasing hostility and thus the flag has its place in parliament.
- Merz emphasized that the Bundestag is not a place for displaying all kinds of flags and defended the decision as appropriate, while opposition parties voiced their disapproval and Green lawmakers held a rainbow-flag demonstration inside parliament.
- The refusal to fly the Pride flag suggests ongoing debate over symbolic representation in German politics and highlights tensions in LGBTQ+ recognition during national events.
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The German Chancellor justified his refusal to raise the rainbow flag on the Bundestag, during the march of pride, with a lunar explanation.
Merz: No Rainbow Flag Over German Parliament
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under fire from left-wing parties after rejecting calls to fly the rainbow flag over the Bundestag for Christopher Street Day on July 26. In an interview with public broadcaster ARD on Tuesday, Merz backed Bundestag President Julia Klöckner’s earlier decision to deny the request. “The Bundestag is not a circus tent where any flag could be hoisted,” Merz said. He added that the rainbow flag should only be displ…
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der Standard DEIn Germany more and more queer parades need police protection. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is at a distance. He also does not want to see a rainbow flag at the Bundestag, this is "no circus tent"
The chancellor does not want to see a rainbow flag on the Reichsttag on the Berlin CSD: the Bundestag is »no circus tent«, where everyone could raise his flag, he said – these are feelings from the time of gay jokes.
The German chancellor supports the decision not to raise a rainbow flag at the Pride Parade in Berlin at the German Parliament and makes a statement of criticism.
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