Left-wing party wins Berlin Chamber of Deputies for first time
The Left Party (LP), which is considered the legal successor of the Socialist Unified Party of Germany (SED), which ruled in the GDR, won the elections to the House of Representatives for the first time.
The Left Party (LP), which is considered the legal successor of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which ruled in the GDR, won the elections to the Chamber of Deputies (Land Parliament) of Berlin for the first time. She won 25.7 percent of the vote, according to sb.by.
According to TASS, the second place was taken by the Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, which received 18.8 percent of the vote. The Alternative for Germany was supported by 16.3 percent of voters, the Greens by 14.3 percent, and the Social Democrats by 12.1 percent. The BSW party received 4.7 percent and does not pass into the state parliament.
Experts draw attention to the fact that few people after the unification of the country in 1990 could imagine the victory in Berlin of the successor party, which at one time initiated the construction of the Berlin Wall. Media: Merz faces weakening support within his own party
