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Berlin mayoral candidate Elif Eralp under pressure over accidentally published interview notes

Left Party candidate for mayor of Berlin Elif Eralp accidentally sent internal notes to Der Spiegel journalists in which she explained her reluctance to name an activist by citing concerns for her family's safety. The incident drew criticism from the SPD, the Greens, and the Central Council of Jews in Germany ahead of coalition negotiations. Left Party candidate for Berlin mayor Elif Eralp accidentally sent journalists at Der Spiegel internal notes in which she explained her reluctance to name an activist by citing concerns for her family's safety. The incident drew criticism from the SPD, the Greens and the Central Council of Jews in Germany ahead of coalition negotiations.

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German Constitutional Court orders Economy Minister Reiche to remove video accusing the Left Party of antisemitism

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has provisionally ordered the removal from the Economy Ministry's official account of a video in which Minister Katharina Reiche accused the Left of 'open support of antisemitism'. The court found that distributing such statements from a government account may violate the party's right to equal participation in political competition amid coalition talks in Berlin.

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