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Christoph de Vries

Christoph de Vries

German politician
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    Berlin's Linke, Greens and SPD move toward coalition backing housing expropriation

    The Linke, the Greens and the SPD finished exploratory talks in Berlin on Saturday, 17 October, and plan to expropriate private housing firms with 10,000 or more flats. The federal government says it will wait before acting.

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