Overview

• On June 18, the CDU, SPD and BSW-led state government mandated continuous display of Thuringian, German and European flags on all state-owned buildings.
• The requirement is being enacted through a ministerial regulation to bypass Landtag approval and will take effect before the summer recess.
• The regulation preempts an AfD draft law that would have restricted flag displays to the German flag and barred non-state symbols such as the rainbow and EU flags.
• Interior Minister Georg Maier recommended that local municipalities adopt the same permanent flagging policy for their public offices.
• The policy mirrors similar steps in Saxony-Anhalt and aims to reinforce core values and a shared community spirit across Thuringia.