Lindner demands Union: take black and yellow for new opportunities!

Von Markus Schneiderling

Christian Lindner fordert Optimismus und neue Strategien der FDP vor der Bundestagsneuwahl am 23. Februar 2025.
Christian Lindner calls for optimism and new strategies of the FDP before the new Bundestag election on February 23, 2025. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Christian Lindner, the chairman of the FDP, made a call for the determination and optimism before the upcoming new election of the Bundestag on February 23, 2025 at the traditional Epiphany meeting in the Stuttgart Opera. Lindner emphasized that the FDP has decades of experience with political heights and depths and asked the party to draw confidence from itself. He is convinced that everything can be changed and spoke out for a fundamental change in the economic policy course in Germany.

The FDP boss also pointed out the need to change the inner attitude in Germany and strives to work with the Union. Lindner reacted to the criticism of his person and clearly introduced himself in the current situation. However, the party faces challenges, since it only reaches 3 to 4 percent in surveys, which carries the danger of not entering the Bundestag, such as radiherford.de reported.

FDP and Union in the election campaign

The Union asks

Lindner to rethink its campaign strategy and clearly speak out for a black and yellow alliance. He argues that such a procedure would also be advantageous for the Union. Current surveys show the FDP under the five percent hurdle, which underlines the urgency of its appeals. Lindner appeals to the Union to work for a majority without SPD and the Greens to win dissatisfied voters from AfD and BSW.

The FDP chairman criticized the Union for its hesitant attitude and openness to coalitions with SPD and the Greens. In this context, he warned of the illusion that a different economic and migration policy would be possible with left-wing parties. CDU boss Friedrich Merz considers a coalition with the Greens to be unlikely, but does not exclude it. Merz also emphasizes that a continuation of the current green economic policy is out of the question. CSU boss Markus Söder clearly commented against a coalition with the Greens, but could imagine working with the SPD under certain conditions. While the Union is clearly ahead of other parties, the FDP is only three percent in ARD Germany and would therefore not move into the Bundestag, as DetailsQuellen