Overview
- The Bundestag event 'Jugend und Parlament' brought about 250 nominated youths together to role-play parliament over the weekend and early this week, and the simulation ran from June 6 to June 9.
- Organizers excluded one participant after a photo showed a hand sign identified as the 'White‑Power' gesture, which Bundestag officials say prompted the use of house rules.
- SPD and Green officials reported multiple racist outbursts by youths nominated by the AfD and urged a formal inquiry; the AfD says several of its nominees were insulted, excluded and bullied and demands a full accounting.
- A separate early‑morning physical altercation near the hotel where participants stayed is under police investigation and an 18‑year‑old was treated in hospital; the Bundestagsverwaltung says some specific assault claims remain unverified.
- The Ältestenrat has commissioned an internal review to recommend changes to selection, on-site supervision and transparency, a process now shaped by participant statements including an open letter signed by more than fifty attendees and divergent media accounts.