The chairwoman of the Berlin Left, Katina Schubert, expects the referendum on the expropriation of large housing companies and a corresponding law to be implemented.
"Nobody can ignore the vote of 56.9 percent of Berliners," she told the daily newspaper "taz" (Friday).
They assume that the designated governing mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) respects the will of Berliners.
Berlin - SPD, Greens and Left met on Friday to finally discuss a continuation of their government coalition.
The referendum is considered to be one of the most controversial points.
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The Berlin Left sees the positive vote in the referendum on the expropriation of large housing companies as a clear mandate for politics.
“You can't ignore it,” said state chairwoman Katina Schubert to the German press agency on Monday.
“Now you have to get the very best lawyers to work in order to work out a law that works in a legally secure manner.
Left demands: Develop legally secure expropriation law
Giffey said on Thursday that a serious legal review of the implementation options was needed first. The initiative "Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co." then declared this to be superfluous. Schubert told the “taz”: “The examination is necessary insofar as it was a referendum for a resolution and not a referendum by law. That means, now a proposal has to be made as to how Article 15 of the Basic Law is to be cast in legal form. "
There is no experience with it because the article has never been used.
“We are, so to speak, right-setting.
That has to be carefully weighed up, because none of us has an interest in ending up before the Federal Constitutional Court again and getting a rebuff there. ”But it is not just a legal question.
“It is also a question of practical feasibility,” said the left-wing politician.
“We don't want endless trials.
It is about actually setting the law, this requires the tests mentioned. "
Schubert did not comment that the left had already renounced the building department during the exploratory talks, in which the SPD is interested: “I do not comment on departmental issues.
In addition, they are always only clarified at the end of the coalition negotiations. "
The SPD state chairman, Giffey, announced on Thursday that coalition negotiations could begin in the middle of next week if the explorations were successfully concluded.
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