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The path for the leftist Elif Eralp to the Berlin Town Hall is difficult, as it is unclear whether the party will leave traces in the Red Town Hall while negotiations with the Greens and SPD about coalition talks are progressing in the so-called preliminary exploration. #BerlinerRathaus #Linke #Koalitionsgespräche (translated)

The Berlin left has achieved a historic victory in the elections, and the new leader Elif Eralp is facing the challenge of convincing the Jewish community of her ability to fight against antisemitism while simultaneously trying to form a coalition with the SPD and the Greens. #Berlin #ElifEralp #antisemitizam (translated)

Apollo News reported that the CSU sees a possible government formation of the Berlin SPD with the Left Party and Greens as a violation of the black-red coalition agreement. CSU regional group leader Alexander Hoffmann announced consequences for the federal government and called the Left's leading candidate Elif Eralp an "anti-Semite." https://t.co/qx2peT7FWm #BerlinerPolitik #Koalitionsvertrag #CSU (translated)

Cihan Çelik asked Serap Güler and OomenBerlin if they saw no difference, either in content or historically, between the AfD in its most extreme state associations and the Berlin Left under Eralp. He wrote that he understood their objection to the content, but not this equation. #Politik #Rechtsextremismus #Meinungsfreiheit (translated)

Apollo News reported that the Berlin Left Party has come under the scrutiny of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution due to alleged contacts of individual politicians with extremist and criminal actors. The focus is on Elif Eralp's connections to the Red Aid and Kurdish organizations, as well as Ferat Koçak's contacts with the Remmo clan and his stance on the PKK ban. https://t.co/GKZdS9svBr #BerlinerLinkspartei #Verfassungsschutz #Extremismus (translated)

The formal constitution of the Left faction in Berlin was unexpectedly cancelled due to election chaos and a reduction of the members by five seats, while the party internally discussed its statutes and postponed the election of Elif Eralp as the faction leader by one week. #Linke #Berlin #Wahlchaos (translated)

"I have truly lost faith that Kai Wegner signed an agreement with an Israeli arms company. Absolutely the wrong way - I would want to cancel that immediately." His possible successor in Berlin's Red City Hall, Elif Eralp (45), would stop the project immediately. #Rüstungsforschung #Israel #DieLinke (translated)

Coxx wrote that, in his opinion, the constitutionally hostile controversies surrounding Die Linke in Berlin continued. He claimed that Elif Eralp had contacts with the PKK and met in August during the election campaign with a delegation of Kurdish organizations, which also included members of NAV Berlin. According to Coxx, the security authorities classified the association as a front organization for the prohibited PKK. He also pointed out that the Left Party member of the Bundestag, Ferat Koçak, had previously spoken out against a PKK ban in Germany. #DieLinke #PKK #Berlin (translated)

Carsten Jahn wrote that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is examining a possible connection between Eralps and the PKK. Eralps met with a delegation of Kurdish organizations in August during the election campaign. According to Jahn, members of NAV Berlin, which security authorities classify as a front organization for the banned PKK, were part of this. #Eralps #PKK #Kurden (translated)

The author asked whether there was a glorification of terrorism in the constituency office of Ferat Kocak. He wrote that the office is run by a former personal assistant of Elif Eralp, and her LinkedIn profile has since disappeared. #Terrorismus #Politik #Transparenz #DE (translated)

Since it became known that Die Linke would govern Berlin, there have been numerous reports of unrest in parts of the Berlin police, LilitThyra wrote. Police officers feared significant cuts; bodyguards did not want to be deployed to protect Elif Eralp due to the clan connections led by Die Linke. According to her contribution, some officials wanted to be transferred to another federal state. The election program of Die Linke provided for stopping the further expansion of the police and reallocating funds, among other things, to street social work, she wrote. She stated that she would also want to be transferred instead of being a police officer, and sarcastically added that social workers would take care of safety. #Berlin #Polizei #SozialeArbeit (translated)

Alexander Schaumburg referred to an assessment by former "stern" editor Hans-Ulrich Jörges, who described Elif Eralp as radical left. Schaumburg wrote that the SPD and Greens would not be in their right mind if they wanted to make Eralp mayor out of a pursuit of power. He also claimed that the Red Aid was re-founded in 1975 with the aim of supporting terrorists. https://t.co/MJdQQkICJ4 #Politik #Deutschland #Linke (translated)

Jeanette Therese Voermann ironically referred to it as the "scandal of the evening" that Elif Eralp had reached for a Knoppers at 9:30 PM. She wrote that Germany demands answers, asked when breakfast had known about it, and added that the investigations were ongoing. https://t.co/9uDnzV2rNk #Skandal #Deutschland #Ermittlungen (translated)