Overview

• For the July 26 Christopher Street Day the Bundestag will fly only the Schwarz-Rot-Gold national flag, ending the rainbow flag display that ran from 2022 through 2024.
• Klöckner has barred Bundestag administrative staff from marching under the Regenbogen-Netzwerk banner at CSD, though employees may join privately outside working hours.
• SPD parliamentary leader Matthias Miersch condemned the decisions as a step back from defending LGBTQ+ rights at a time of rising queerphobic attacks.
• AfD parliamentary manager Bernd Baumann welcomed the measures as the proper application of neutrality rules, underscoring sharp partisan divisions.
• The moves mark a departure from predecessor Bärbel Bas’s more permissive approach and intensify debate over the Bundestag’s role in visible minority support versus institutional impartiality.