Berlin, October 25th, 2026 (The Berlin Spectator) – In the federal state of Berlin, the far-left “Die Linke” will take a decision next Saturday, October 31st. It is about the question whether the party intends to start official coalition talks with the left-wing Greens and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). The latter two parties have already decided to go ahead with those negotiations, in spite of many antisemitic incidents within “Die Linke” and other issues.
While the Greens and the SPD are waiting for Berlin’s “Die Linke” to have its members decide, the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have invited them to confidential talks, as the “Tagesspiegel” daily reported first. The meeting was supposed to take place on Friday evening. Then it was postponed.
According to a CDU spokeslady, the consultations are supposed to be about “the current situation”. She said the invitation was extended “in view of the worrying course of the exploratory talks and the decisions that will have to be made in the coming weeks”. The exploratory talks she mentioned were completed earlier this week, meaning a far-left to center-left coalition for Berlin has become a likely scenario.
“Enough to Talk About”
Both the Greens and the SPD stressed they would not hold exploratory talks with the CDU. The radio and television broadcaster RBB quoted the SPD’s chairlady Bettina König, who said her party was still governing Berlin in cooperation with the CDU. Therefore, there was enough to talk about. Obviously, that doesn’t explain why the Greens agreed to those talks too.
Could they be about more than just questions regarding the transition from one government to the next (especially since there is no new government yet) or Berlin’s supplemental budget, which is the official subject?
It is safe to say that many Berliners are still hoping for the creation of a government coalition without “Die Linke”, also because of the support for Palestinian terror within the left-wing party’s ranks. “Die Linke” plans to dispossess large real estate companies and other policies it announced is being criticized too. Nobody involved has said the CDU, the Greens and the SPD would hold exploratory talks, but could the planned consultations lead to those, and change the perspective for Berlin? This question will be answered soon.