The Berlin Left wants to call on Vanessa Emde to give up her mandate

The Berlin Left is distancing itself from Vanessa Emde (45). As the “Tagesspiegel” reports, the state executive wants to demand her return of her mandate on Friday. However, according to the report, there are doubts within the party that Emde will comply with this. She sees herself in the right and shows no admission of guilt. It is also said in left-wing circles that she puts her own agenda above the party. The meeting begins in the late afternoon.

According to the report, the step is to be justified by a whole series of violations by Emde of the so-called elected representative agreement, which the regional association concluded with the representatives directly elected in North Neukölln long before the House of Representatives election.

Among other things, Emde is accused of casting doubt on Israel's right to exist. When asked about this in the podcast, Gysi replied: “That is anti-Semitic and, above all, out of the question for my party.” For him, Israel's right to exist marks a limit, said the 78-year-old. "We need red lines that cannot be crossed."

The discussion about how to combat anti-Semitism has been making the path to forming a government in Berlin difficult for weeks. Part of the coalition agreement is to be a joint declaration by the Left, the Greens and the SPD, which the parties agreed on before the explorations began. It contains commitments to the protection of Jewish life in Berlin, to Israel's right to exist and to a two-state solution that should enable both Israel's security and the self-determination of the Palestinians. However, Emde argues that states – unlike people – have no right to exist.