Eralp Wants to Take Legal Action Against "Spiegel" and File a Complaint with the Press Council
The leak revived scrutiny of Die Linke’s ties to Hamas-linked figures and intensified doubts about coalition talks, with 25.7% of Berlin voters backing the party.
- On Thursday, October 29, 2026, Der Spiegel published internal comments from Die Linke lead candidate Elif Eralp, revealing that she and her husband fear individuals with links to Hamas.
- The admission surfaced after Eralp's office accidentally returned an internal document to journalists during an interview, following Die Linke's 25.7 per cent result in the September 20 Berlin election.
- Citing past advice from the State Criminal Police Office , Eralp wrote she cannot "endanger myself and my family," confirming her fears involve people with connections to Hamas, specifically activist Ibrahim.
- Christian Democratic Union leader Stefan Evers stated the revelations reinforced "the great concern" regarding a Die Linke-led government, while 20 SPD lawmakers oppose forming a coalition.
- A Die Linke state party conference is scheduled for October 31 to decide on the coalition path, following the October 19 vote by the SPD and Greens to open formal negotiations.
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The publication of the private notes has sparked controversy in Germany and the capital, where the extreme left group negotiates the formation of the next government, and the leader has announced that she is studying to take legal action against the magazine Der Spiegel
Berlin mayoral candidate Elif Eralp found herself at the center of a scandal after Der Spiegel published her personal correspondence, which revealed that Eralp, a member of the left-wing populist party Die Linke, is afraid to publicly criticize people with Hamas ties.
The Left (Die Linke) candidate for mayor of Berlin, Elif Eralp, is afraid of pro-Palestinian extremists with Hamas ties who are affiliated with her own party. The politician accidentally revealed this when she sent a version of an interview with internal notes to Der Spiegel.
A report by "Spiegel" has sparked a new debate about a possible red-green-red coalition in Berlin, suggesting that Eralp sees the security of her family in danger if they explicitly turn out to be a well-known Hamas sympathizer in Berlin. CDU politicians once again questioned the left's ability to govern.
Elif Eralp, a candidate for mayor of Berlin, expressed concern for her personal safety and that of her family. The concern of the leader of the parliamentary group of the Left Party is allegedly, according to a report in the magazine Der Spiegel, due to the connections of members of her party (Die Linke) with radical Palestinian organizations and organized crime groups. The wrong attachment in the email to Spiegel The revelation came when Spiege…
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