Overview
- In a Funke-Mediengruppe podcast, Bär said a Native American costume would still be acceptable for her at Carnival.
- She asserted that indigenous peoples have fewer objections to such costumes than some critics in Germany.
- Bär drew a clear line by saying anything that glorifies war or evokes the Nazi era is unacceptable.
- The minister also discussed gender representation, calling herself an “experiential feminist” and defending the need for quotas.
- She praised Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder on women and family issues and noted she will receive Aachen’s Orden wider den tierischen Ernst in January.