Red-Red-Green in Berlin: First Berlin and now: your own party

Right at the beginning of the press conference it is noticeable: the most important person is missing. Elif Eralp, the left-wing election winner, is ill. Her spokesman told the dozens of journalists this Thursday afternoon that Eralp would still be on sick leave until the end of the week. But she sends greetings.

And so the possible founding moment of a Berlin coalition, over which half the country has been arguing in the past few days, is taking place without its possible mayor. Instead of Eralp, the Berlin Left Chairwoman Kerstin Wolter is addressing the “Berliners”. This afternoon, Wolter, together with the top candidates from the SPD and the Greens, will present an agreement that the parties reached in a total of four discussions on dealing with anti-Semitism.