Rainbow Flag No Longer Flies at Reichstag During Berlin Pride: "We Don't Want to Take a Position"
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During Berlin Pride, no rainbow flag will fly on the Reichstag. There will also be no delegation from parliament present. This has been decided by chairwoman Julia Klöckner (CDU). "The Reichstag does not want to take positions," says Germany expert Jeroen Reygaert. "Taking part in a demonstration or hanging a different flag is showing your colours."
The President of the Bundestag has defended her decision to prohibit the queer employee network of the Bundestag administration from participating in the CSD in Berlin. Her argument: political neutrality.


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