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DW
15-06-2025
- Politics
- DW
Germany updates: Soldiers gather for first-ever Veterans Day – DW – 06/15/2025
06/15/2025 June 15, 2025 AfD and Left Party warned over behavior in parliament The president of the German parliament, Julia Klöckner, has warned members of the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the socialist Left Party (Die Linke) over their behavior in the Bundestag, accusing of them of using the platform offered by parliament to go viral on social media. "We have a strengthened Left Party and a strengthened AfD in parliament who seem to need each other to serve their respective constituencies on TikTok and other platforms," said Bundestagspräsidentin Klöckner, who fulfils functions similar to that of a parliamentary speaker in other countries. "There are currently several candidates for top spot when it comes to rule breaches," she told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) media outlet this weekend. "And that shouldn't be taken as an accolade. The floor [of parliament] is not a stage on which to produce content for digital media. This is where we confront each other using words." Klöckner, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), recently ordered two Left Party members to leave the hall after donning items of clothing which conveyed "intentional provocations." Last week, lawmaker Cansin Köktürk was asked to change out of a black t-shirt which bore the word "Palestine" while her colleague Marcel Bauer refused to remove a Basque beret. Klöckner judged that both items contravened rules which state that lawmakers' attire must "respect the dignity of the house."
The Advertiser
15-06-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Germany holding first tribute for military personnel
Active and former soldiers of Germany's armed forces will for the first time be honoured for their service with a full-fledged National Veterans Day. The central event will take place in Berlin on Sunday, around the Reichstag parliament building under the patronage of its president Julia Klöckner, as lawmakers decided a year ago. The day will be celebrated in many cities and Bundeswehr bases throughout Germany. Henceforth, June 15 will be celebrated annually on the nearest weekend. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more attention has been paid to the military in Germany, setting aside some of the stigma associated with the country's involvement in the two World Wars. There is also fresh perspective on Germany's participation in NATO and UN missions for the past 25 years, including in Afghanistan, where 59 members of the Bundeswehr lost their lives between 2001 and 2021. Around 10 million Germans have done military service or were professional or regular soldiers. Around 500,000 men and women were deployed in Afghanistan, Mali or Bosnia-Herzegovina among other places. "Our veterans have earned the support, recognition and respect of us all," said Klöckner ahead of the occasion. Active and former soldiers of Germany's armed forces will for the first time be honoured for their service with a full-fledged National Veterans Day. The central event will take place in Berlin on Sunday, around the Reichstag parliament building under the patronage of its president Julia Klöckner, as lawmakers decided a year ago. The day will be celebrated in many cities and Bundeswehr bases throughout Germany. Henceforth, June 15 will be celebrated annually on the nearest weekend. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more attention has been paid to the military in Germany, setting aside some of the stigma associated with the country's involvement in the two World Wars. There is also fresh perspective on Germany's participation in NATO and UN missions for the past 25 years, including in Afghanistan, where 59 members of the Bundeswehr lost their lives between 2001 and 2021. Around 10 million Germans have done military service or were professional or regular soldiers. Around 500,000 men and women were deployed in Afghanistan, Mali or Bosnia-Herzegovina among other places. "Our veterans have earned the support, recognition and respect of us all," said Klöckner ahead of the occasion. Active and former soldiers of Germany's armed forces will for the first time be honoured for their service with a full-fledged National Veterans Day. The central event will take place in Berlin on Sunday, around the Reichstag parliament building under the patronage of its president Julia Klöckner, as lawmakers decided a year ago. The day will be celebrated in many cities and Bundeswehr bases throughout Germany. Henceforth, June 15 will be celebrated annually on the nearest weekend. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more attention has been paid to the military in Germany, setting aside some of the stigma associated with the country's involvement in the two World Wars. There is also fresh perspective on Germany's participation in NATO and UN missions for the past 25 years, including in Afghanistan, where 59 members of the Bundeswehr lost their lives between 2001 and 2021. Around 10 million Germans have done military service or were professional or regular soldiers. Around 500,000 men and women were deployed in Afghanistan, Mali or Bosnia-Herzegovina among other places. "Our veterans have earned the support, recognition and respect of us all," said Klöckner ahead of the occasion. Active and former soldiers of Germany's armed forces will for the first time be honoured for their service with a full-fledged National Veterans Day. The central event will take place in Berlin on Sunday, around the Reichstag parliament building under the patronage of its president Julia Klöckner, as lawmakers decided a year ago. The day will be celebrated in many cities and Bundeswehr bases throughout Germany. Henceforth, June 15 will be celebrated annually on the nearest weekend. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more attention has been paid to the military in Germany, setting aside some of the stigma associated with the country's involvement in the two World Wars. There is also fresh perspective on Germany's participation in NATO and UN missions for the past 25 years, including in Afghanistan, where 59 members of the Bundeswehr lost their lives between 2001 and 2021. Around 10 million Germans have done military service or were professional or regular soldiers. Around 500,000 men and women were deployed in Afghanistan, Mali or Bosnia-Herzegovina among other places. "Our veterans have earned the support, recognition and respect of us all," said Klöckner ahead of the occasion.
Perth Now
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Perth Now
Germany holding first tribute for military personnel
Active and former soldiers of Germany's armed forces will for the first time be honoured for their service with a full-fledged National Veterans Day. The central event will take place in Berlin on Sunday, around the Reichstag parliament building under the patronage of its president Julia Klöckner, as lawmakers decided a year ago. The day will be celebrated in many cities and Bundeswehr bases throughout Germany. Henceforth, June 15 will be celebrated annually on the nearest weekend. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more attention has been paid to the military in Germany, setting aside some of the stigma associated with the country's involvement in the two World Wars. There is also fresh perspective on Germany's participation in NATO and UN missions for the past 25 years, including in Afghanistan, where 59 members of the Bundeswehr lost their lives between 2001 and 2021. Around 10 million Germans have done military service or were professional or regular soldiers. Around 500,000 men and women were deployed in Afghanistan, Mali or Bosnia-Herzegovina among other places. "Our veterans have earned the support, recognition and respect of us all," said Klöckner ahead of the occasion.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
German parliament to fly rainbow flag on Saturday - but not on Pride
The German parliament will fly a rainbow flag on Saturday to mark the international day against homophobia, but the symbol for the queer community will not be seen during Berlin Pride celebrations. The flag will be hoisted on May 17, a date which Julia Klöckner - the president of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag - on Friday called crucial in the fight "against discrimination and for the acceptance of the diversity and equality of all people." The date, formally known as International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, was chosen to mark the World Health Organization's 1990 decision to remove homosexuality from its classification of diseases. "I have also decided that this will be the only occasion and that a corresponding flag will not also be flown on Christopher Street Day, which, as a day of assembly, protest and celebration, thrives on its powerful presence on the streets," Klöckner added. The term Christopher Street Day (CSD) is used in Germany to refer to Pride celebrations for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) community. It is a reference to the location of the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village neighbourhood, where a protest against police discrimination on June 28, 1969, kick-started the gay liberation movement. The Reichstag building - which houses the Bundestag - first flew the rainbow flag to mark CSD in 2022. Former Bundestag president Bärbel Bas said raising the flag would show a commitment to diversity.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Germans must know 'monstrous extent' of WWII crimes, says Klöckner
Germany must recognize the "monstrous extent" of the crimes it committed during World War II, the president of the Bundestag - the lower house of parliament - said on Thursday as German lawmakers marked 80 years since the end of the conflict. In a speech to the German parliament, Julia Klöckner highlighted the forgotten victims of the brutal war, which Germany started with its invasion of Poland in September 1939. "German occupying forces committed war crimes almost everywhere in Europe," she said. "To this day, not everyone is aware of the monstrous extent of the German crimes. Or worse still, many no longer want to deal with it." Among the overlooked victims of the conflict, Klöckner emphasized the suffering of the Polish nation, and of the scale of German destruction in modern-day Belarus and Russia. She also brought up the plight of the German women who faced sexual violence by invading forces, drawing a direct parallel to the conflict in Ukraine. "Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol: Once again, girls and women are becoming victims of sexual violence, used as weapons of war," she said, referring to Ukrainian cities that have become symbols of the current war. Klöckner further condemned Russia's justification of the war in Ukraine through reference to World War II as an "abuse of history." She warned that while post-war Germans have long considered peace to be inevitable, the 80th anniversary of the conflict shows that "those who were liberated have a duty to defend freedom."
