Klöckner in a dive: CSD protest in the Bundestag for rainbow rights!
Klöckner in a dive: CSD protest in the Bundestag for rainbow rights!
On June 27, 2025, the Bundestag is bubbling: The dispute over the rainbow flag and the cancellation of participation in the Christopher Street Day (CSD) causes heated debates. Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) has decided that the Bundestag administration will not take part in the CSD as a network. This decision meets violent criticism from many sides.
The Junge Freiheit reports that MPs of the Green and Left Group wanted to set a sign with colorful tops in the rainbow colors. "Klöckner prohibits flag, we show flag", commented the Greens on X. Her message is clear: visibility for queer life is essential.
protests against Klöckner's decision
Not only the Greens are dissatisfied. Members of the SPD parliamentary group also demand that Klöckner rethink their decision. The background is the limitation of the Bundestag, which is due to the neutrality obligation. Paul Göttke, director of the Bundestag, emphasizes this obligation, but critics see it a "false and fatal signal", especially at a time when human dignity and prohibition of discrimination are in the Basic Law.
The Tagesschau emphasizes that members of the Bundestag administration are allowed to participate in the CSD as private individuals, but not as an official network. Klöckner defends her attitude by arguing that the CSD is a demonstration with political demands that cannot be supported by the Bundestag administration.
reactions and alternatives
In the meantime, the CSU is also committed. Bundestag Vice President Andrea Lindholz praises the colorful campaign in parliament and throws a positive light on the commitment to tolerance. The President of the Bavarian state parliament, Ilse Aigner, also left the rainbow flag on the Maximilianeum. She emphasizes that the flag stands for openness, respect and equality. Aigner said: "We are making a sign of tolerance and diversity."Another point in the ongoing discussion is the planned participation of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs at the CSD. This will be there with its own car, which shows that despite Klöckner's decision in other areas, a sign of the queer community is set. By the way, the CSD in Berlin will take place on July 26, 2025, and the rainbow flag will not blow on the Reichstag building, because Klöckner already had it hoisted on May 17th, like ZDF today reports.
This conflict reflects the current social discussions, and it seems as if the question of support for the Queere Community is far from clarified. A return to the basic values of the Basic Law could also be a central topic in the upcoming debates.
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