Germany criminalizes burning the EU-flag. Anyone who lights the EU flag in Germany will face a prison sentence or a fine in the future.
Wer in Deutschland die EU-Flagge anzündet, muss künftig mit einer Haftstrafe oder Geldbuße rechnen. Der Bundestag weitete ein bestehendes Gesetz aus.
www.spiegel.de
Unpopular opinion here, but why do we treat Germany as a free democracy?
Putin has played various political games to stay in power for the last 20 years. Yet Merkel does the same thing, and has been in power for 15 years (this isn’t even getting into the EU’s unelected bureaucrats that hold all the real power). Russia is evil for censoring gay propaganda, yet Germany has speech codes and now jails you if you burn a flag.
How come Russia is an adversary, yet Germany (and other similar European countries) are our allies?
From my perspective, Russia, China, and the EU are all authoritarian protectionist states, but we pretend that Europe isn’t for some reason.