Bundesregierung: Linke zieht gegen Ministerin Reiche vor Gericht
Die Linke wirft der Ministerin vor, sich in einem Instagram-Video nach der Berlin-Wahl „einseitig und parteipolitisch“ geäußert zu haben. Nun zieht die Partei vor das Verfassungsgericht.
The Left party is taking legal action against Germany's Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) at the Federal Constitutional Court. This urgent application, provided to the German Press Agency, stems from an Instagram video released by the ministry following the Left party's electoral victory in Berlin. In a portion of her address dated September 23rd, Reiche cautioned that discussing confiscation and labeling it as part of their program within the party would be perilous for the capital and Germany as an investment location.
Moreover, she alleged that they live "Antisemitismus offen lebt, die den Juden in dieser Stadt Angst macht." Despite Reiche's request for the video to be taken down by September 29th, it remained online as of Sunday evening. Consequently, the Left party seeks the same result through a lawsuit in Karlsruhe. Specifically, the Left argues in the application that Reiche disregarded the neutrality oath for state bodies and defied the Left party's right to equal participation in political competition.
They assert that Reiche spoke "unilaterally and partizanly" in her capacity as Federal Economics Minister and is part of a "systematic campaign" by the CDU against the Left, as expressed in the request for an interim injunction. This report also emerged via the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND).
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