taz.de reports on the debate roiling Berlin's Left after Vanessa Emde, an opponent of government participation from the party's Palestine-solidarity current, won a direct Neukölln mandate with 46 percent — a fight that has put the projected Left–Green–SPD coalition on the brink, with SPD leader Steffen Krach ruling out a coalition that includes her. Yet on the streets of the Kiez, from Späti owner Şah Hüseyin to Left voters at the canal, residents take the dispute calmly, caring more about rents and local problems.