Federal Constitutional Court - Reich must remove Instagram video with anti-Semitism accusations against the Left Party for now

It is about a video from the ministry on Instagram with excerpts from a speech from September 23 - a few days after the Left's election victory in Berlin. Reiche warned in it that it was dangerous for the capital and Germany's investment location that a party speaks of expropriation and writes this into its program and "lives antisemitism openly," which frightens Jews in Berlin. The court declared that the Left faces a serious irreparable disadvantage in the political competition through the dissemination of the video - especially in light of the ongoing talks on government formation in Berlin. In addition to the expedited application, the party also filed an organizational lawsuit, which will be decided later. This concerns the question of whether the minister has violated the state's obligation of neutrality. The application states that as Minister of Economics, Reiche unlawfully and one-sidedly and party-politically expressed herself and is part of a systematic campaign by the CDU against the Left. Left reacts just euphorically to the decision against Reiche Reiche's ministry received the news from Karlsruhe soberly. The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court will be examined and the consequences will naturally be implemented. The Left, however, reacted very euphorically: Federal executive Ehling speaks in an interview with Spiegel about a dirty campaign by the CDU minister against the Left, which is just collapsing like a house of cards. Reiche has tried to discredit the Left with targeted insinuations. This news was broadcast on 16.10.2026 on Deutschlandfunk.