Overview

• An Interior Ministry directive limits rainbow-flag displays at federal ministries to one annual date, a policy backed by Chancellor Merz and Bundestag President Klöckner but bypassed by the Defence Ministry on July 3.
• Opposition parties and the ver.di union are demanding expanded solidarity, including binding workplace agreements against queerphobic assaults and mandatory diversity training.
• CSD organisers in cities such as Falkensee and Cologne have beefed up security plans, increasing steward numbers and coordinating closely with police after recent right-wing extremist threats.
• Federal queer commissioner Sophie Koch warned that attacks on LGBTQ+ people are rising sharply and urged lawmakers to focus on genuine safety and legal equality rather than symbolic flag debates.
• Extremism researchers argue that queerphobic agitation is a strategic tool of the far right aimed at undermining LGBTQ+ visibility and solidarity.