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Dwarf Uprising
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Wherever you listen, almost everyone in the FDP is saying the same thing: the coalition screwed up, but in the end the FDP was punished. Of course, party leader Christian Lindner sees it that way too. And the government? Gets at least one new static now.
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The FDP loses the fourth election in a row in Lower Saxony. Instead of self-criticism, however, the party reacts with increased scratchiness. How long can the traffic light last?
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Constanze von Bullion, Boris Herrmann, Paul-Anton Krüger and Mike Szymanski, Berlin
The FDP is the party of personal responsibility, emphasizes Christian Lindner with enviable perseverance. He did it again this Monday, the day after the disgrace of Lower Saxony. During his appearance at the party headquarters in Berlin, the FDP chairman had the less than enviable task of explaining that the liberals had been voted out of the Hanover state parliament. And it will turn out that in the face of this bankruptcy, even Lindner’s concept of personal responsibility is reaching its limits. He sees his colleagues from the SPD and the Greens as sharing responsibility.
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