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The capital votes on the left

Бранденбургската врата е пуста поради ограниченията заради коронавируса.
Berlin in changing circumstances: The Left Party is the strongest force in the capital for the first time. Source: Getty

Berlin is always good for surprises. In the elections to the House of Representatives last weekend, the capital moved politically to the left. 25.7 percent of voters voted in favour of the Left Party. The established parties of the West CDU, SPD and Greens suffered severe losses. What now? Dieter Herrmann, editor-in-chief of WOCHE IN AUSTRALIA, answers this question. He comes from Berlin.


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Berlin is always good for surprises. In the elections to the House of Representatives last weekend, the capital moved politically to the left. 25.7 percent of voters voted in favour of the Left Party. The established parties of the West CDU, SPD and Greens suffered severe losses. What now? Dieter Herrmann, editor-in-chief of WOCHE IN AUSTRALIA, answers this question. He comes from Berlin.


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