30 April – 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany - After a summit between Angela Merkel and state leaders, the federal government allowed opening of museums, monuments, botanical gardens and zoos, and religious services under strict social distancing conditions.[9]
7 May – German parliament Bundestag bans conversion therapy for those under 18 years nationwide and forbids advertising of conversion therapy. It also forbids conversion therapy for adults, if they decided by force, fraud or pressure.[12]
15 May – Germany's Bundestag votes to make the burning of the EUflag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the right-wing Alternative for Germany.[13]
Julyedit
21 July – The government of Baden-Württemberg bans full-face coverings burqas, niqabs for all school children. the rule will apply to primary and secondary education. Winfried Kretschmann the Ministers-President said that full-face veiling did not belong in a free society.[14][15]
Augustedit
22 August – Alexai Navalny, a seriously ill Russian opposition leader, is taken to Berlin for treatment.[16]
29 August – hundreds of protesters try to storm the Reichstag. Early in the day tens of thousands protested against government measures for the coronavirus.[17][18][19][20]
Septemberedit
2 September – The German government claims to have "unequivocal proof" that Alexai Navalny was poisoned with Novichok.[21]
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