PoliticsIn cosmopolitan Berlin, elections still closed to foreigners
A quarter of Berlin’s residents—about 976,000 adults—cannot vote in the September 20 state election because they lack German citizenship, the highest share excluded so far. Foreign residents say they pay taxes but have no local representation. In Mitte, a symbolic election is being organized to draw attention to voting rights for all.
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In cosmopolitan Berlin, elections still closed to foreigners
Politics