Berlin SPD decides to hold exploratory talks with the Left and the Greens

The Berlin SPD will hold exploratory talks with the Left and Greens. According to rbb information, the state executive committee of the SPD decided this on Saturday. The Left had previously decided with a large majority at a special party conference on Friday evening to begin explorations with the Greens and the SPD. The Greens had already agreed to the talks during the week.

The federal leadership of the Greens sets conditions

However, the federal leadership of the Green Party set conditions for the negotiations on Saturday: The Green Party federal chairwoman Franziska Brantner told the magazine "Der Spiegel" that the Left Party would not be allowed to lead the interior or justice departments in a red-green-red government. Brandtner cited the contacts of individual left-wing politicians with people with connections to organized crime or Hamas supporters as the reason. She was referring primarily to the left-wing Bundestag member Ferat Kocak, who had contact with members of the Remmo clan and the terror supporter Ibrahim Ibrahim.

Brandtner also rejected the Left's demand to replace the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and parts of the police with social work, if possible. On the SPD side, former Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he expected compromises from the left during the coalition negotiations.

Broadcast: rbb24 Late, 9:45 p.m., September 26th, 2026