Conservative-led German states say they will launch a joint initiative to question how the capital is financed if the Left party leads a new Berlin government, CSU parliamentary leader Klaus Holetschek said after a meeting of CDU/CSU state caucus chiefs in Munich. The threat targets Berlin's payments under the national fiscal equalisation scheme, in which it is a major recipient, and a newly negotiated federal agreement compensating the city for extra security and cultural costs as the capital; Holetschek justified it by alleging antisemitism in the Left's platform, a charge the party's defenders dispute. The move raises the stakes in coalition talks after Berlin's election and highlights tensions over money and politics within Germany's federal system.