Overview
- The Landtag approved the move with votes from the SPD, CDU and Greens, while the AfD caucus abstained.
- Charges being prepared include Volksverhetzung as well as injurious insult and insult tied to social-media posts.
- Prosecutors cite posts that allegedly linked the rainbow flag to paedophile lobby groups and demeaned queer people, including six individuals from a queer network.
- Multiple investigations are being consolidated into a single case, with an indictment now being drafted in Göttingen.
- Vanessa Behrendt rejects the allegations as politically motivated and calls the planned indictment a farce.