New wind in the FDP Rhineland-Palatinate: Letz and Schmitt take tour!

New wind in the FDP Rhineland-Palatinate: Letz and Schmitt take tour!

On April 5, 2025, the party congress of the FDP Rhineland-Palatinate took place in Mainz, which was accompanied by significant personnel decisions and the conclusion of an intra-party power struggle. Emanuel Letz was elected as the new deputy state chairman and received an impressive 82.2 percent of the votes of the delegates. Together with the latter, Stephanie Steichele-Guntrum was also elected deputy state chairman with 63.5 percent. Daniela Schmitt, who was also part of the new elections, was elected as the new party leader with 67.5 percent, which marks the end of the month -long internal discussion in the party.

Letz described his choice as a great honor and as a sign of trust. He emphasized the need to strengthen liberalism on site and to make politics more for people. This is rated as an important signal for the municipal anchoring of the FDP, especially because the latter as a Bad Kreuznacher has been represented on the state board for the first time in years. The election of Daniela Schmitt was accompanied by tensions, which was strongly caused by the Minister of Justice Philipp Fernis and State Secretary of Economic Affairs Andy Becht.

internal conflicts and power struggles

The FDP in Rhineland-Palatinate has turbulent weeks, shaped by an inner party power struggle that not only burdened the party members, but also unsettled the voters. Critics throw Schmitt, who until recently was a minister of economy, that she was politically too profile and there are concerns that she could endanger the party in the upcoming state election in 2026. In addition, Schmitt was faced with media reports that accused her of having gained economic benefits from her husband's companies. She vehemently rejected these allegations and recorded her candidacy.

The conflicts within the FDP have developed from a "Cold War" to an "open field battle", as it says in reports. With Volker Wissing, a big name within the FDP that has left the party, the internal problems have further exacerbated. The survey values ​​for the upcoming state election are sobering, which reinforces the doubts about the ability of the FDP to reorganize politically.

The new leadership under Schmitt is and falls with the ability to overcome the internal differences and re -position the party. The challenges are great and it remains to be seen whether the FDP in Rhineland-Palatinate, which is still part of the government in Mainz, can find the way back to more stable survey values.

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