once Again the mayor and the SPD-the country chief of a major city is overrun political debate. Five years ago, the then Senator for urban development Michael Müller wanted to build on Tempelhof field – the referendum was lost with a crash. And in the autumn of 2017, the citizens demanded that the majority of the Tegel airport should remain open. The new Berlin government chief also came with this referendum under massive pressure.
social Democrats threatens Isolation
Now, it looks as if the referendum for the expropriation of the German Housing and other real estate companies, the on 6. April starts, even from his own party raises against your leadership, man. It is still open whether the delegates at the SPD land party Congress votes on Saturday for the socialization of private residential property or your boss Mueller to follow and the brand new theme at the next party Congress in the autumn, to adjourn.
In any case, but to be Enjoyed, the negative attitude of its Chairman to the expropriation of large housing stocks in Berlin. This would isolate the socialists from the government partners, the Left and the Green, of tenants associations and the angry people of Berlin, suffering from a housing shortage and skyrocketing Rents.
In addition, it would also the self-understanding of the majority of the left in the SPD land Association, which wants to take a clear anti-capitalist course. Led by the young socialists and the Federal chief Kevin Kühnert, advertises for a unique positioning with the question: “by what right someone has more than 20 apartments?” A question that is felt in the large cities to the middle layer increasingly as charming and not as Marxist provocation.
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For Müller, it would be already a success if he is not humiliated at the party. But even then, if a socialization decision should be postponed, will be looking for the SPD in the coming period, the proximity to the eminent domain Initiative. The goal: A common, legally and politically viable strategy against the housing corporations, in order to avoid a successful referendum. In this process, Müller, relies on the social insight of the company will be, probably just on the edge.