Berlin election campaign centers around radical-left drive to seize properties

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Elif Eralp (45) is the new star on the left in Berlin. Her promises regarding soup kitchens, a rent cap and the expropriation of housing associations are well received by Berliners, but also draw criticism. Who is the woman who reminds one of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani?

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The left could replace the CDU mayor, relying on radical demands for more affordable homes.

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Berlin is bucking the right-wing trend in Germany – the left-wing party Die Linke could win the local elections on Sunday. Top candidate Elif Eralp is calling for cheaper housing and the nationalization of housing companies.

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Berlin could take a radically different path in its attempt to tackle its housing crisis. The day before local elections this Sunday, the Left Party is narrowly ahead of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and one of its key promises is to expropriate hundreds of thousands of homes owned by large property companies. The latest ZDF poll puts the Left Party on 22 percent and the CDU on 20 percent.

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The left wins. Red-green-red comes. The expropriation of private real estate companies takes its course. What would happen then? A hypothetical scenario in five files.