{
  "id": 14729215,
  "title": "Katherina Reiche: Linke mit Eilantrag gegen Reiche erfolgreich – Wirtschaftsministerin muss Video löschen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/katherina-reiche-linke-mit-eilantrag-gegen-reiche-erfolgreich",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T15:41:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/katherina-reiche-linke-mit-eilantrag-gegen-ministerin-reiche-erfolgreich/100262638.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "In a dispute over an Instagram video by Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU), the Left party has succeeded in the Federal Constitutional Court. The minister must initially remove the video published on her ministry's page, decided the highest German court Karlsruhe and thus granted the Left's emergency request. The issue revolves around a video on the ministry's Instagram account featuring excerpts from a speech on September 23 - shortly after the Left's victory in the Berlin elections. Reiche warns in the video that it is dangerous for the capital and the investment location of Germany for a party to speak of confiscation, write it in their program, and openly live antisemitism, making Jews in the city feel afraid. The Left had asked the minister to remove the video via lawyer by September 29, but this did not happen. The party turned to the Federal Constitutional Court with a writ of summons and an emergency application. The latter has now succeeded. Reiche must remove the video until a decision on the writ of summons on the substantive issue, but at most for six months, decided the Second Senate in Karlsruhe. If this restraining order of the court does not succeed, but the writ of summons had previously been successful, the Left could suffer a \"serious irreparable disadvantage with regard to their right to equal participation in political competition\", the judges justified their decision, especially in view of the ongoing talks for government formation in Berlin. Should the writ of summons not have success later, Reiche would not be prevented from repeating the statements. Moreover, she could express herself as a party politician or private person within the framework of freedom of expression during the ongoing proceedings. The clarification of whether the contentious statements are constitutionally permissible would remain outside the scope of the main proceedings. The decision was made with a 6:2 judge vote. The Left criticizes \"one-sided and party-political\" statement In the Left's application, which was provided to the German Press Agency and other media, it said that Reiche had violated the neutrality obligation for state bodies and hurt the Left in their right to equal participation in political competition. As Economics Minister, she had spoken out one-sidedly and politically and was part of a systematic CDU campaign against the Left. A ministry spokesman had not wanted to make any further statement during the ongoing proceedings and had only conveyed that the contribution was an extension of a speech to family entrepreneurs and clearly referred to the impact and danger to the investment location of Germany. The title of the clip on Instagram was \"Make the economy and investment location strong\". Reiche's lawyers also argued in their reply with reference to the economy. \"Does the federal government also pursue the goal of improving investment conditions in Germany and mobilizing private and international capital for the investment location, it is fundamentally also part of their information and public relations work to explain this goal and inform the public about developments that they assess as a threat to the necessary framework conditions for this,\" it states in the letter from Schertz Bergmann, which was provided to the dpa. Previously, \"Beck aktuell\" also reported on this. Regarding the antisemitism accusation, the law firm refers to a \"long-standing public dispute about the handling of the Berlin Land association of the plaintiff with antisemitic positions and incidents, which has been renewed in 2026\". Here, too, it is noted that there is an economic dimension: \"The dispute about antisemitism and the safety of Jewish life has at the same time a significant economic dimension of location attractiveness: The international appeal of Berlin as the capital of the investment location of Germany is precisely based on its perception as an open and safe place for people of different backgrounds and religions.\" Other politicians also received letters from lawyers of the Left During the Berlin election on September 20, the Left had become the strongest force and the party brought forth legal letters against other politicians who had been accused of antisemitism and proximity to criminal clans by the party. Some have since deleted their contributions, others did not. An interim order of the Constitutional Court was necessary for the Left to prevent further damage, especially in the current phase of possible coalition building. \"In terms of the ongoing government formation in Berlin, a irreparable damage could arise\", it states in the application.",
  "summary": "Die Linke wirft der Bundeswirtschaftsministerin vor, das Neutralitätsgebot verletzt zu haben. Nun hat das höchste deutsche Gericht in einem Eilverfahren entschieden.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Bundespolitik: Linke mit Eilantrag gegen Ministerin Reiche beim Bundesverfassungsgericht erfolgreich",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/bundespolitik-linke-mit-eilantrag-gegen-ministerin-reiche-beim",
        "published": "2026-10-15T15:12:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}