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Four Left Party MPs Ejected From Bundestag After Unfurling Palestine Flag

The episode highlights the presidium’s clampdown on symbolic displays as it seeks to enforce neutrality rules.

Overview

  • Bundestag Vice President Josephine Ortleb ordered four Die Linke lawmakers to leave after they displayed a Palestine flag in the chamber.
  • The action occurred during budget deliberations while CSU member Stephan Mayer was speaking on the Foreign Office allocation.
  • The MPs were identified as Vinzenz Glaser, Cansin Köktürk, Charlotte Neuhäuser and Lisa Schubert, and staff removed the flag from the floor.
  • Ortleb also had a photographer escorted from the gallery to check for any coordination with the protest.
  • Köktürk defended the move in an Instagram video and urged turnout for a planned pro‑Palestine demonstration in Berlin on Saturday, following months of tightened display rules and her June ejection over a "Palestine" T‑shirt.