Exploratory talks in Berlin: Is the way for red-green-red in Berlin now clear?

Two and a half weeks after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, the Left, the SPD and the Greens agreed to exploratory talks, according to media reports. In the election on September 20th, the Left was by far the strongest force with 25.7 percent. The Greens and the SPD had made an agreement on dealing with anti-Semitism, racism and organized crime a prerequisite for further talks. The parties have now agreed on common rules that should apply in the event of anti-Semitic incidents. This removes a key hurdle for a possible red-green-red coalition. Fritz Zimmermann, editor in the politics department at ZEIT, explains in the podcast what the three parties have agreed on and what political differences still exist.

The 87-year-old Spanish woman María del Carmen Abascal has died. Abascal, who was usually called Maricarmen, had lived in the same rented apartment in Madrid for 70 years. At the end of September, after a year-long legal battle, she was taken on a stretcher from her evicted apartment in Madrid. An investor bought the property and, according to the tenants' association, increased the rental price by 275 percent to 2,650 euros. The forced eviction led to nationwide protests; Maricarmen symbolized the housing crisis in the country. After a government package of measures to address the housing shortage failed in parliament, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections for November 29th. Julia Macher, Spain correspondent for ZEIT, explains what impact her death could have on the protest movement and whether her forced eviction contributed to her death.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is in Berlin for his inaugural visit to Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). Germany and Great Britain want to intensify their cooperation in combating cyber attacks, sabotage and other hybrid threats. With the Kensington Treaty, a friendship treaty between the two countries, they want to put their relationship on a new basis after Brexit.

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Moderation and production: Philip-Johann Moser

Editorial team: Helena Schmidt, Constanze Kainz, Rita Lauter

Collaboration: Konstantin Hadži-Vuković