Overview

• Bundestag President Julia Klöckner dismissed accusations from Robert Habeck and Ricarda Lang as frustration over moving into opposition and urged them to bear it with dignity.
• Habeck had called her a miscast who polarizes, and Lang labeled her a “Polarisierungsunternehmerin” focused on symbolic outrage rather than real problems.
• To defend her neutrality, Klöckner pointed to disciplinary data, noting that 12 of 13 formal reprimands this term were issued to the AfD.
• Addressing the rainbow-flag dispute, she said flags may be displayed in offices but stressed a 2018 house rule that prohibits any postings on or in office windows.
• She warned that speeches tailored for TikTok and Instagram are corroding debate, and ZDF reported she told MPs stickered laptops are not permitted in the chamber, drawing online mockery over an older photo of her behind a “Team Merz” device.