Berlin coalition talks: Left's education team draws attention

According to the Tagesspiegel, coalition talks between the three parties in a red-green-red arrangement are due to begin in Berlin in the coming days. The paper says an important dividing line is already becoming visible. Its article focuses on who will negotiate on Berlin's schools for the Left, and on who might be able to push back against them.

The paper's reading is that the Left's Neukölln branch apparently wants to stand out not only on the topic of "Palestine" but also to bring the policy area of education into line with its views. It bases this on the make-up of the so-called specialist group, the team of negotiators with which the Left goes into the coalition negotiations next week.

The Tagesspiegel also says there is a degree of "Middle East fixation" in the group. This is the paper's own assessment, and the excerpt does not name the people involved or say what positions the Left will take on schools.