Lawmaker's beret leads to expulsion from German parliamentary chamber

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2025-05-15

Berlin (dpa) - Left Party lawmaker Marcel Bauer was expelled from the German parliamentary chamber on Thursday for wearing a beret. Bundestag Vice President Andrea Lindholz excluded the 33-year-old from the ongoing plenary session, to the applause of the conservative Christian Democrats, and those from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). He had previously refused to comply with her request to remove the black beret or voluntarily leave t......

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