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Two and a half weeks after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, exploratory talks were held.
Berlin. Two and a half weeks after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives, the way should be clear for red-green-red exploratory talks to form a government.
According to information from party circles from the German Press Agency, the Left, the Greens and the SPD agreed on a package of actions that should take effect in the event of anti-Semitic incidents, thereby removing a central obstacle to the start of exploratory investigations.
The “Tagesspiegel” first reported on the agreement.
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Start of red-green-red exploratory talks in Berlin
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