East German must hold top role in incoming government, say The Left

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2025-03-23

Berlin (dpa) - As Germany's political parties continue to wrangle over the composition of the future coalition government, The Left is demanding the inclusion of a strong voice for the country's east. The hard-left party's former parliamentary leader Dietmar Bartsch told dpa in comments released on Sunday that "an East German must occupy a central ministry in the new federal government - either the Finance Ministry or an Infrastructure Ministry.......

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