The Left, the Greens and the SPD announce a breakthrough in explorations in Berlin

The Left, the Greens and the SPD have taken an important step forward in forming a government in Berlin. Four weeks after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, they successfully concluded their exploratory talks. The parties' negotiators announced at a joint press conference that it would now be proposed to the party committees to start coalition negotiations.

The Greens want to vote on this at a small party conference on Monday. In the case of the SPD, the state executive board will also decide on Monday based on the exploratory paper. Due to the two-week autumn break in Berlin, the Left has only scheduled a party conference for October 31st, which will decide on the start of coalition negotiations. If all three parties agree, these could begin at the beginning of November.

The joint exploratory paper shows, among other things, that the Left, the Greens and the SPD are planning to socialize large private housing stocks. Accordingly, private housing companies with more than 10,000 apartments in Berlin should be expropriated in this way in return for compensation. They would be allowed to keep a base stock of 10,000 apartments - socialization would only take effect on the remaining apartments they own.