"Left-wing clan mayor": Berlin Left's application against hail in court unsuccessful
Baden-Württemberg's interior minister offered Berlin police officers a transfer after the Left's election victory and attacked the top candidate. Why a motion by the Left against this did not succeed.
The Administrative Court in Stuttgart has rejected a request by the Left party to stop Baden-Württemberg's Interior Minister Manuel Hagel from referring to Berlin's top candidate Elif Eralp as a "left clan mayor". The court ruled that Hagel's comments were made as a party politician, not in his official capacity as Interior Minister, and were therefore protected by freedom of expression.
Hagel had offered Berlin police officers the chance to move to Baden-Württemberg after the Left party's election win, saying they were too good for Eralp, who he claimed wanted to take away their resources. The Left party won the Berlin election on September 20 and plans to form a coalition with the Greens and SPD.
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