Left Party leads in Berlin ahead of election – CDU does not benefit from change
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The Left Party leads in Berlin with top candidate Elif Eralp in polls before the election to the House of Representatives. Russia is stepping up disinformation campaigns about German parties ahead of the elections.
The Left Party is leading in polls one and a half months before the election to the Berlin House of Representatives with top candidate Elif Eralp.2 CDU, AfD and Greens follow closely behind in the polls.2 The Berlin SPD is classified as historically weak in the polls.2
Before the state elections in Germany, Russia is intensifying disinformation campaigns via the CDU, SPD, Greens and FDP.1 The disinformation campaign is mainly conducted through fake social media posts.1 Security experts puzzle why the campaign is conducted in English instead of German or Russian.1
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