AfD wants to hoist black-red-gold flag all year round-debate broke out!

The AfD calls for the federal flag to be raised at public buildings all year round. Debate in the district council Mayen-Koblenz on June 19, 2025.
The AfD calls for the federal flag to be raised at public buildings all year round. Debate in the district council Mayen-Koblenz on June 19, 2025. (Symbolbild/NAG)

AfD wants to hoist black-red-gold flag all year round-debate broke out!

Jerichower Land, Deutschland - On June 19, 2025, an application from the AfD parliamentary group in the Mayor Center Mayen-Koblenz will provide lively discussions. The party demands that from January 1 to December 31, the black-red-gold state flag should blow in all employee buildings and schools. The proposal was hotly debated on the district committee. District Administrator Marko Boos from the SPD commented skeptically, but it remains open whether this application is really serious intentions or is rather a shop window application to draw attention to itself. This uncertainty hovers like a sword of Damocles over the discussions and could influence the outcome of the application.

But that's not all that moves the debate. On June 5, 2025, a similar claim by the AfD was discussed in the Bundestag. For the "black and red gold as an identity-creating symbol for our democracy, she pleaded consistently" and called for a traditional flag of the state. After a twenty -minute discussion, the application was transferred to the committees, with the interior committee as a leading body. This advance not only aims at the state flag, but also on the federal flag.

claims of the AfD

The AfD emphasizes that the federal flag is a central sovereign symbol of the Federal Republic of Germany and stands for the constitutional order and the unity of the state people. You can critically see the current practice of having various flags such as the EU flag and the rainbow flag, since this in your opinion this puts the outstanding position of the German flag into perspective. As a solution, the AfD suggests that the EU flag can only be raised in front of the entrances to employer buildings and to consider the hoist of the rainbow flag as problematic, since it is an ideological symbol that violates the state's neutrality requirement.

These topics were discussed in connection with a change in the local flag decrease, which has been in force since March 22, 2005 and allowed the Hissen of the EU flag. With its criticism, the AfD has put its finger in the wound and plans to publicly promote its demands.

political reactions

The political reaction to these applications is consistently mixed. While some consider the return to the traditional flagship as necessary, the opposition sees another attempt by the AfD to use polarizing topics for themselves. The debate about identity and flags reflects the current social discourses that go far beyond the political borders.

In the coming time, it remains to be observed which steps the municipalities and district administrators will take with regard to these applications. The decision on how and where flags are being hoisted could become a political bone of contention, which not only heats the minds, but could also re -initiate dialogue about national identity and values.

golden times for national symbols or an incorrect idea? The dispute continues.

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