The new FDP boss Christian Dürr was delayed. The party congress had previously discussed for hours. However, not with each other, but in a row: one speaker after the other stepped on the hall microphone to describe his view of the FDP. Too disputed, too unapproachable, too confused, too confused – the analyzes went in all directions. And drought? He spoke almost fifty minutes, recognizable with the intention of bringing everyone together. In the end he got 82 percent of the vote. Without opposing candidates. A rather honest than an enthusiastic result. Christian Lindner was elected party leader in 2013 with 79 percent, but at that time he had two opposing candidates. Duke is Christian Lindner’s successor. With the help of the state chairpersons, he managed to position himself as a man of the smallest common denominator. One where nobody takes off. And with his intention of bringing together, the Lower Saxony also began his application speech early Friday evening. The current situation in Germany cannot be compared to Weimar; But there are parallels. And if there is an apprenticeship from that time, it is that the liberal camp should not be split. Tensions within the liberal spectrum of ideas are a strength, no weakness. Criticism of the CDUDürr emphasized that the party congress must send the signal into the country that can be expected with the FDP. And that she has courage to make decisions. However, this had already been the goal of the FDP in the election campaign. Dürr’s speech itself reminded of campaign speeches in large parts: he announced against the political opponent – but no longer against the Greens, but against the CDU. Topics of government debt: The “180-degree turn of the Union” does not only do the matter, but also in democracy: “That costs trust in democracy.” The topic of electricity prices: “The right energy policy is needed, and not low prices, financed by taxpayers.” Topic state quota: CDU Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl once said that socialism begins from 50 percent state quota. If you measure the CDU, “Friedrich Merz is the first socialist Federal Chancellor in Germany”. To ask what the FDP could have done wrong, Dürr hardly said anything. Just so much: The Free Democrats would have to question themselves. But then the FDP’s former group leader went on the offensive in the Bundestag. He suggests developing a new basic program. All 70,000 members should participate. As a working title, he flows: “Freedom concrete”. Every citizen must understand what specifically the FDP wanted to improve for him. But not only in terms of content, the party should also be the most modern in Germany. “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” was striking, whereupon Dürr hardly or not at all. About the three and a half years in the government coalition, about what had spoken to several liberals at the hall microphone this Friday before: the question of why the FDP is difficult with governing in the federal government. Also to himself, his way to the party, his role models and characteristics, Dürr said nothing. Possibly not to give the impression that he takes too important. He wanted to express the opposite: Dürr emphasizes several times that he had “listened to” other speakers that day. He picked up the slogan, which shone into the hall in the hall in the hall: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” The FDP “got lemons delivered”, called Dürr. He wanted the party to make thousands of liters of the best lemonade. They competed in consecutive electorate without opposing candidates. The 73 -year -old Wolfgang Kubicki, who had also flirted with the new party leader, was re -elected as vice with only 69 percent. Almost a third of the delegates voted against him. The 35 -year -old European politician Svenja Hahn performed significantly better; She got 76 percent of the votes cast. The third in the group, Henning Hönen, also received 76 percent. The 38-year-old is the head of the FDP in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Christian Dürr to the new Parte …
