Overview

• Juso chairman Philipp Türmer told the Tagesspiegel that Julia Klöckner had earned the title of the “worst Bundestagspräsidentin of the more recent past” after just over 100 days in office.
• Türmer’s comments follow Robert Habeck’s farewell interview, in which he said Klöckner is unable to act above party politics and cited her CSD rainbow‑flag ban as an example of divisive leadership.
• A recent appearance linked to entrepreneur Frank Gotthardt and Klöckner’s comparison of the left‑leaning taz with the right‑populist portal Nius triggered calls for her resignation from Die Linke and drew SPD criticism.
• Klöckner has enforced strict rules in the chamber, including threatening AfD leader Alice Weidel with expulsion and ejecting a Left MP over a Palestine T‑shirt, and she barred the Reichstag’s rainbow flag and an official staff group at CSD citing neutrality.
• While the CDU/CSU publicly stands behind her, SPD leaders are seeking discussions about her conduct within the coalition and no formal steps or resignation have occurred.