The mood in the FDP is anything but good, since the liberals could use their upper liberals. But Christian Lindner is in Washington this week, annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund. The FDP leader will not bring any good news from there either.
One of the privileges of a federal finance minister is being able to get away from time to time when things get particularly uncomfortable at home. Which does not necessarily mean that the atmosphere would be more pleasant elsewhere.
Christian Lindner is feeling this right now. In this autumn of multiple crises, the Vice Chancellor oscillates between coalition turmoil and global responsibility. And he has to realize that problems are not solved faster if you work on several at the same time.