Young voters and rents carried Die Linke in Berlin. Its real problem is not communism but antisemitism in parts of the party
Die Linke won the Berlin election with 25.7% and took 47% among voters under thirty. Election-day data and results from 1,572 polling districts show that age and housing in a city of renters were decisive. In Czech media the party is often portrayed as a far-left force comparable to the AfD. Political scientists, the offices for the protection of the constitution and its record in government point to something else: a radical, not an extremist party, whose risks lie elsewhere than Czech coverage suggests.
10/2/2026
