Politics● LowSep 15 · Sep 15, 2026, 2:15 AM
In Berlin, soaring rents take center stage in an election campaign dominated by the radical left
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Monde [en] · Western Europe
In 13 years, median rents in the German capital have more than doubled. Die Linke, the left-wing party advocating for the nationalization of 220,000 homes owned by institutional investors, leads the polls just one week ahead of the September 20 elections in the city-state of Berlin.
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