BerlinThe Left Party won 25.3% on a housing nationalisation pledge.
Elif Eralp vows to transfer some 220,000 flats to state ownership.
A 2021 referendum backed it with 58%, but the Social Democrats’ Tim Kluessendorf puts the cost at €20 billion.
The Greens demand the Left address antisemitism accusations before joining a coalition.
Sources: Bloomberg Business, U.S. News & World Report