{
  "id": 14650839,
  "title": "Left-wing politics: In Austria's second-largest city, the communists are in charge - a model for Berlin?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/linke-politik-in-osterreichs-zweitgro-ter-stadt-regieren-die",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:18:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/linke-politik-in-graz-regieren-die-kommunisten-ein-modell-fuer-berlin/100256637.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Elke Kahr, the Austrian communist politician, won the 2021 local elections in Graz, becoming the city's mayor. She has been successful in implementing policies such as affordable housing and public transportation. The Left party in Berlin, led by Elif Eralp, has drawn inspiration from Kahr's approach, focusing on similar issues like affordable housing, public transportation, and poverty reduction. The two parties share similarities in their socialist-communist roots and strong ideology, but also have differences in their approaches to housing policy, with the Berlin Left seeking to expropriate 220,000 apartments from large real estate companies, while the KPÖ in Graz has focused on building new municipal apartments and making access to housing easier.",
  "summary": "In Austria's second-largest city, the Communist Party has been providing the mayor for five years. The Left in Berlin has apparently learned a thing or two from her.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NZZ Wirtschaft",
        "title": "\"Know several people who have moved away\": The startup scene fears that Berlin is currently losing its status as a founder metropolis due to politics",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/kenne-mehrere-leute-die-weggezogen-sind-die-startup-szene-befurchtet",
        "published": "2026-10-15T03:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}