Politics
At the 2011 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:
- SPD 18
- Alliance '90/The Greens 15
- CDU 10
- The Left 6
- Pirate Party 5
Read more about this topic: Mitte
Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“I played by the rules of politics as I found them.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)
“Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“The will to change begins in the body not in the mind
My politics is in my body, accruing and expanding with every act of resistance and each of my failures.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)