# Could a left-wing populist become Berlin’s new mayor?

https://mins.news/en/video/65834

- DW News, 2026-09-19 22:53 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKsa5LcWPKA

> Voters in two German states head to the polls on Sunday for regional elections with possible national implications. In Berlin, a candidate from the far-left populist Left Party could become the capital’s new governing mayor, while Mecklenburg-West Pomerania’s Social Democrats and far-right Alternative for Germany remain locked in a close race.

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