"We are fighting in Berlin to turn the city red," read the lead motion presented to the delegates at the Left Party 's federal party convention. Red is the color of the Left Party, but also of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). According to latest polls, a three-way coalition of both alongside the Greens could secure a majority in the September election for the city state's parliament. Berlin has been "red" in the past. From 2016 to 2023 it was governed by such a three-way coalition —