Green Party leader Franziska Brantner has called for a commitment to the national colors of black, red and gold on German Unity Day and emphasized that she will proudly wear the German flag on her lapel so as not to let right-wing forces use the symbol.
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National symbols and identity are traditionally discussed on German Unity Day. Right-wing groups sometimes use the colors black, red and gold for their purposes.
Green party leader Franziska Brantner has called for a general commitment to the German national colors on German Unity Day and wants to wear the national flag “with pride” on her lapel. She saw no reason to “leave black-red-gold to the loudest ones on the right,” Brantner told the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”. „Ich finde es wichtig, Schwarz-Rot-Gold selbstbewusst zu zeigen, denn unsere Flagge steht für ein Deutschland, das seine Geschichte kennt, aus ihr gelernt hat und seine Zukunft in Freiheit gestaltet“, betonte die Grünen-Vorsitzende.
She took Unity Day as an opportunity to “proudly pin the German flag to her lapel, along with the European flag,” emphasized Brantner. Reunified and firmly anchored in Europe, Germany is home for them.
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