Overview
- The Brandenburg Interior Ministry has issued an order requiring continuous flying of the German federal flag, the Brandenburg state flag and the EU flag at five government sites.
- The rule covers the ministry itself plus the police headquarters, the police university in Oranienburg, the state academy for public administration and the state school for fire and disaster protection.
- The ministry says the measure takes effect on the Day of German Unity, October 3, and is presented as a symbolic administrative decision rather than a change to flag law.
- Jan Redmann framed the move as a response to growing polarization over national symbols, saying the aim is to keep the flag in the democratic center and prevent its appropriation to exclude people.
- The announcement was published by the Brandenburg Interior Ministry and distributed by the dpa news agency, and it ties into wider debates in Germany about when and where national flags are flown.