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Feral Beast scoops the Telegraph

Well, kind of.Feral Beast last week, in a post entitled "Germany's Communist kingmakers":

By this time next week, these neo-communists might be some of the most politically powerful people in Germany…  If they reach the 5% mark, they could join forces with the SPD and tip the balance towards a left-wing coalition, giving the state Premiership to Ypsilanti, once considered a lightweight without a chance. The far-left may then be the party that holds the key to the coalition, and therefore a major influence on policy.

The Daily Telegraph's Berlin correspondent Harry de Quetteville, in a blog post this afternoon:

Yes, they thought it was all over, but it isn’t now. Die Linke made a historic breakthrough, crossing the 5 percent threshold to claim seats in both Hesse and Lower Saxony. Both these states are in Western Germany! Kingmakers Die Linke could be, given the complex coalition maths of German politics. All that means, that next year, 20 years after the Berlin Wall fell, the remnants of the communist party could play a decisive factor in the new government. What a turnaround.

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