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The Berlin Left, the Greens and the SPD agree on a further common path

After a second meeting after the election, the parties announced that they would reach a result next week.

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The Berlin regional associations of the Left, the Greens and the SPD have agreed to continue their talks.
A result is expected to be achieved next week, although the content of the talks and possible coalition options still remain open.

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After the election in Berlin, the SPD, the Greens and the Left are examining the possibilities of forming a government together. There are differences in content and accusations against the left.

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The Berlin regional associations of the Left, the Greens and the SPD “agreed on a further common path” at a second meeting after the election. This emerges from an identical statement that the three parties distributed on Saturday. “In the coming week we will bring the current discussions to a conclusion,” it continued.

On Saturday, the parties initially left it open what this “result” might consist of. It would be conceivable that this could be a decision to officially start red-green-red exploratory talks with the aim of joint coalition negotiations.

There are several points of contention between the Left, the Greens and the SPD. The left is accused of being partly anti-Semitic and of having contacts with the criminal milieu. The leader of the Left Party, Sören Pellmann, told “Politico” that “no further consequences will be discussed” in the Ferat Koçak case. The SPD also criticizes the party's plans to expropriate large housing companies.

A few days ago it became known that Eralp was a member of the Rote Hilfe association, which was monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution for left-wing extremism. Bundestag faction leader Pellmann joined the controversial club after public criticism.