Marcel Bauer

On 15 May, Marcel Bauer, a member of the Left Party from Baden-Württemberg, was thrown out of a Bundestag session because he was wearing a beret. The Karlsruhe politician refused to remove the hat.

Parliamentary Vice President Andrea Lindholz (CSU) excluded Left Party politician Marcel Bauer from the ongoing plenary session, to the applause of the CDU/CSU and AfD. The 33-year-old had previously refused to comply with her request to remove his black beret or voluntarily leave the room.

The Left Party MP had already clashed with Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) over his beret an hour and a half earlier. Klöckner had asked Bauer to remove his beret: "I would ask you to do so, because it is customary in this House—and if that is not possible for you, please leave the room." The Left Party politician from the Karlsruhe-Stadt constituency did so, but later returned.