Culture Minister Weimer warns Berlin SPD-Left pact could undermine coalition

Wolfram Weimer, Germany's culture minister, warned that a cooperation between the SPD and the Left in Berlin would effectively constitute a vote of no confidence against the federal black-red coalition. He said the SPD must block such a move immediately, citing the coalition contract’s clause that excludes collaboration with extremist parties. Weimer claimed the Berlin Left party facilitates anti-Semitic and radical left networks, linking them with Islamist groups, and argued this threatens Germany's political culture.

He emphasized that Berlin, as the site of the Holocaust, should not be governed by such forces. The minister called on centrist parties to build a centre-right coalition in the capital, warning that empowering extremists would damage the cohesion of the political centre and the nation's democratic fabric.