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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 56 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The CDU and SPD see cars as sacrosanct, and Germans living in the outskirts are not only world-class car brains but are literally the source of the car problem for central Berlin while not suffering from 90% of the consequences.

If everyone in the city got a vote I would say there was a chance, but since it's going to be the Germans only, I don't see it happening.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

~~All EU citizens can vote in local ballot measures.~~

Edit: but not for Berlin, Bremen or Hamburg. Womp womp

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that Berlin is a Land, so it doesn't count as "local" for elections. For the same reason EU-citizens can't vote for the Abgeordnetenhaus (city assembly) of Berlin, only for the Bezirke.