The Left Party, the Greens, and the SPD announce a breakthrough in exploratory talks in Berlin

Our goal is that rents do not rise any further through expropriation.

— Elif Eralp, lead candidate of Berlin's Left Party, at the press conference unveiling the exploratory coalition paper

It was a jolt, as of this evening, I would say, a jolt that perhaps did us all some good.

— Bettina Jarasch, chair of the Greens' parliamentary group in Berlin, commenting on the pause in coalition talks

The agreement will form part of a possible coalition agreement, which the parties will decide on in the end.

— Elif Eralp, Leader of the Left party in Berlin, spoke about the Berlin agreement and the forthcoming coalition negotiations.

That means we must suspend the talks at this stage in order to assess whether our agreement from last week still stands. We expect the Left to make clear to us to what extent they intend to take and implement the agreements we have made.

— Green party top candidates Werner Graf and Steffen Krach (SPD) in a joint written statement about suspending the negotiations

I am neither criminal nor do I support organized crime.

— Ferat Koçak, Neukölln Bundestag member from The Left, stated on X in response to reports about his messages with a son of an organized crime clan; he later announced he would resign from the Bundestag's Interior Committee.

There is no existential right for states.

— Vanessa Emde, at a rally in Neukölln