Lindner fights for FDP future: is the end of the liberals?

On January 6, 2025, the traditional Epiphany meeting of the FDP took place in the Stuttgart Opera. Federal party leader Christian Lindner and the FDP vice Wolfgang Kubicki gave central speeches. The surveys show that the FDP is currently between 3 and 4 percent and has to worry about moving into the Bundestag. The focus was also on the discussion about the influence of Elon Musk on the Bundestag election campaign, whereby Johannes Vogel was advising on the distancing of Musk.

Agnes-Marie Strack-Zimmermann spoke out for an alliance with the Union (black and yellow). Marco Buschmann emphasized the need for a realignment of the FDP. Lindner urged the CDU and CSU to confess to a black and yellow alliance. However, Jens Spahn from the CDU reacted with reference to an individual election campaign. Strack-Zimmermann emphasized the core competencies of the FDP, which are anchored in financial policy, relief for medium-sized companies, innovation and freedom rights.

speeches and political positions

In his speech at the Epiphany meeting, Lindner Marco Buschmann congratulated the premiere and thanked Judith Skdelty for her defense speech. He represented the FDP as the only voice of freedom and liberalism in Germany and spoke about a deficit of confidence in society, which includes fears of loss of job, cost of living and alienation. Lindner criticized that these fears lead to a downward spiral in Germany and he called for a turnaround in mentality with a new promise of promise in the social market economy.

Lindner critically commented on the current attitude towards work and underlined the need for a comprehensive reform of the welfare state in order to create incentives for work. He pointed out the importance of education as a resource for individual independence. In addition, he expressed concerns about the influence of foreign entrepreneurs on German politics and warned of the dangers of excessive public debt. Lindner addressed the citizens to actively participate in political will formation and to help shape the future of Germany.

According to the reporting of Fru.de is Helmut Schäfer, former Minister Party leadership appeared because he denounced failures in foreign policy. The FDP currently has 70,000 members; After the end of the traffic light coalition, there were 2,500 new applications, but also some resignations. In his speech, Lindner emphasized the desire for a renewal of the political attitude to position Germany again in the top of the world, as fdp.de