Overview
- Kloeckner criticized existing policy as demeaning to women and rejected claims that prostitution is a job like any other.
- She described Germany as the "brothel of Europe" and called for a policy shift that targets clients rather than sellers.
- Her proposal echoes the Nordic model used in Sweden and Norway, which penalizes buyers, closes brothels, leaves sellers unpunished, and funds exit support.
- She argued the Prostitutionsgesetz and the 2017 Prostituiertenschutzgesetz do not adequately protect women or curb violence and coercion.
- Current law requires those in prostitution to register and obliges brothels and other prostitution businesses to obtain permits.