20260719 Gesetz entgegen dem Wahlergebnis

Could it get any worse?

Yes, even though Jens Spahn, as a top politician, has been met with nothing but head-shaking from voters due to his disregard for the law (surrogate mother, mask deal, partying during the lockdown, etc.), an agreement between the Social Democrats and the CDU has now been the last straw. While Spahn’s actions were usually (!) motivated solely by his own self-interest, the decision to pass "a law banning the collectivization of housing stock" reeks of self-dealing and corruption in favor of financial investors and real estate conglomerates. In their latest newsletter, our colleagues at gewerkschaftsforum.de report:

The federal government has decided to introduce a bill to ban the socialization of housing stock. The primary aim is to prevent the implementation of the successful referendum by the "Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co" initiative in Berlin.

Even though more than 50% of Berliners voted in favor of socialization with high voter turnout, the process has been delayed for years by expert reports and working groups — and now socialization is simply to be banned?
Wait a minute — according to Article 15 of the Basic Law, "land, natural resources, and means of production" can be socialized. Housing stock, as an essential component of real property, is part of this. Socialization is precisely not "nationalization" or "expropriation," but rather the transfer "into communal ownership or other forms of the common good." This is a clear distinction that is documented and established in legal commentaries. When the federal government confuses these terms, one quickly gets the impression that this is less about a serious legislative proposal and more about a diversionary tactic, writes gewerkschaftsforum.de.

In doing so, an SPD-backed government is attempting to use legislation to prevent the possibility of socialization enshrined in the Basic Law — we would have expected this from the CDU/CSU’s pro-capital faction, but not from the SPD!

In the linked article, our colleagues first examine the legal distinctions between "nationalization" and "socialization" and then assess the feasibility of the nation’s first socialization law, presented by the "Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co" initiative on September 26, 2025. For the first time in the 77 years since the Basic Law came into effect, Article 15 could be invoked.

Elections will be held in Berlin on September 20, 2026: The right to maximum profits in the housing market must not be made a matter of state policy against the will of the people!

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