Flags lowered at Bundestag in honour of trailblazing German lawmaker

Converseer | 03-02-2026 09:38am |

BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Flags were flying at half-mast at the German parliament on Monday in honour of late conservative politician and trailblazer Rita Süssmuth. Süssmuth, a women’s rights activist, former parliamentary speaker and prominent member of the government of ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, passed away aged 88 on Sunday. A member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian...This article Flags lowered at Bundestag in honour of trailblazing German lawmaker first appeared on Converseer.

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