{
  "id": 18546961,
  "title": "Berlin: Berlin's Left demands Emde to give up mandate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/berlin-berliner-linke-fordert-mandatsverzicht-von-emde",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-06T18:20:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/berlin-berliner-linke-fordert-mandatsverzicht-von-emde/100267960.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The leadership of Berlin's Left party is calling for Vanessa Emde, a controversial MP, to give up her mandate due to her positions on the Middle East conflict. The party's state chairpersons, Kerstin Wolter and Maximilian Schirmer, stated they no longer trust Emde. Emde is accused of violating the party's agreement for office holders, which requires adherence to party decisions and programs. Gregor Gysi, a Left party politician, supports expelling Emde from the party's parliamentary group, saying he hopes she will be excluded. Emde was elected to the state parliament on September 20.",
  "summary": "Berlin's Left party has long been having trouble with its pro-Palestinian MP Vanessa Emde. Now the party leadership is demanding she give up her mandate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}