When she was selected for the post in March, Julia Clockener – an Archconsv he who enjoys walking in culture wars – was considered a stunning option for the President of the German Parliament, and she has done very little work from the then.
In late June, he announced the members of the Progressive Bundestag that the Rainbow Pride Flag would not fly from the Parliament House, Rechstag on the Christopher Street Day on 26 July, as is traditionally the case. Clocaner decided that the quir members of the Bundestag administration were not to participate in the CSD parade in official capacity. His attitude inspired Green and Left Party Parliamentians to protest by wearing colored clothes in the chamber to create their own rainbow.
No rainbow, no Palestine, no berits
By that time, Clocaine had already shown that she was going to implement a strict interpretation of the rules of Bundestag’s clothing – the thesis state, but vaguely, that members’ clothes should simply have “the dignity of the chamber”.
In early June, the rule gave the Bundestag President a member of the Left Party to refuse to remove the “Palestine”, a member of the Left Party to send a member of the Left Party out of a debate to send a member of the Left Party. Two weeks ago, he did the same to Marcel Bauur, so of the Left Party, when he refused to take off his black beret.
A former Agriculture Minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel, a 52-year-old Clockener has long been a confidant of the Cristian Democratic Union (CDU) senior politician and a confidant of the Chancellor Frederick Merz. In his acceptance speech, Clochener said, “I have vowed strongly to complete my actions, always, peacefully and inadvertently, join with others, be clear on the matter.”
Fairness is certainly a watchword for someone in his office: the president of Bundestag is formally the second head of the German state (after the President and ahead of Chancellor). And while it has no regulation, this office is traditionally the hero by a person of the largest parliamentary group – in this case, CDU/CSU.
A neutral sub -state state
But Clocaine is known as a feudal conservative, who is not ashamed to push the local spirit button. In the run-up for the federal election of February, he created a stir by posting a combative statement on Instagram: “AFD does not have to vote for what you want. It was seen as a trivialization of options for Germany (AFD) by critics and a fundamental entry that the CDU had adopted the remote party’s exit party.
This was not the first time that Clocaner took a populist line on immigration policy: In 2015, when refugees come to Germany in large numbers from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, Clocaner demanded that they were legally bound in society. In 2023, a wrong claim was made on social media that Dental Care for shelters had cost German state € 690 million ($ 746 million) in the previous year.
Meanwhile, the outspoken politician does not up to call for more frugality than others, especially in the Christian Church: in an interview Image on sunday In April, the newspaper, Clocaner said that the church should talk less about day-to-day politics and more about spiritual matters. “I mean, Sura, the church can express his opinion on the speed range, but it is not necessary why I pay the church,” he said.
Nor was he appointed in a new Bundestag role without some controversies: Clochener left his post as CDU treasurer after NGO lobbycontrol, which will be given the task of overseeing party donation, as the chairman of Bundestag. He said that he had planned to leave the post anyway before taking a new job.
A knot-always a straight career path
The Klöckner is the daughter of a winegover from the western state of Rhinland-Paltonate. His prestigious early roles included the office in 1995 as the German Wine Queen, including more than 200 public appointments in a year.
Trained as a journalist, Clockener led the CDU in his home state from 2010 to 2022, during which he spent four years as Federal Agriculture Minister from 2018 to 2021.
Environmental organizations criticized Clocaine for an ineffective policy and an alleged proximity to the food industry – especially Nestle: In 2019, he was openly accused of openly advertising for international food processing giants by posting a video. Nestle’s head of Germany and praised it for reducing the amount of sugar in his food – campaigners have long been called to introduce Chinese from Germany.
Bundestag president’s job
The President presides over the full sessions of Bundestag and oversee the laws that control Parliament. He or he represents Parliament as a whole, finding a memorial ceremony as a hero every year on 27 January to mark Holocost. The President sometimes speaks during the state visits by foreign heads of the government or heads of the state.
The President is bound to respect the rights of all the parties, which is why the post is Obten Heron with a comprehensive parliamentary experience which is a hero in a high relationship by all parliament groups and parties.
It was especially a case with the Wolfgang Skyable, a CDU veteran of several cabinet positions, who was the chairman of Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. Cloakner, comparatively, has a low experience and some would say a more divisive figure.
Edited by Reena Goldenburg
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