Free voters Rhineland-Palatinate: New top candidate for the federal election!

Next Saturday, December 29, 2024, the Free Voters Rhineland-Palatinate will set up their list for the Bundestag election from 10 a.m. The party congress takes place in Bärenbach in the Hunsrück and is already the third party congress within a quarter. The first party congress in Kordel, which took place at the end of September, revealed a direction of direction within the state party, which finally led to the resignation of Stephan Wefelscheid as party chairman.

A special party conference that took place in Weilerbach at the end of November led to the election of a new double top: Christian Zöpfchen and Lisa-Marie Jeckel were elected as co-chair. The board plans to propose Rudolf Rinnen as top candidates for the Bundestag election. Rinnen was an employee of the resolved state parliamentary group of free voters and is also a member of the Bitburg City Council.

news from the party congress

like SWR.de reported on Saturday and set up their state list for the upcoming federal election on Saturday and Rünten from Bitburg for the top candidate chosen. The party congress in Bärenbach in the Hunsrück, where the election took place, recorded channels with around 97 percent of the valid votes. The experienced local politician has been active for 36 years and emphasized the roots of the party during his speech. He criticized that the focus was on other topics recently, which led to the loss of parliamentary group status in the state parliament in Mainz.

The free voters had to hand in their parliamentary group status at the beginning of October after two members had left, and since then only have the status of a group. Rinnen will compete against the CDU top candidate Patrick Schnieder in the constituency of Bitburg and sees chances of winning the direct mandate in the Bundestag election. In addition, he already has plans for the 2026 state election in Rhineland-Palatinate, with the aim of moving back into the state parliament and taking over government responsibility.

Jasmin Awan from Kaiserslautern was elected in second place on the state list, which received about 86 percent of the vote. David Eilert from Münstermaifeld, General Secretary of the Youth Organization Junge Freie Voters, took third place with around 64 percent of the vote.