Germany's FDP holds Strong Cards in Post-Election Haggling
Media coverage
|
Accroche
Buoyant from its best election result in 10 years, Germany's liberal FDP party looks set to play a outsized role in coalition negotiations to form the next government.
Contenu intervention médiatique
[...]
The party was especially popular with first-time voters on Sunday, winning 23 percent support from them -- a tie for first place with the Greens.
Lindner, who joined the FDP aged 16 and became its leader at 34, has made no secret of his next ambition: to become finance minister in a coalition government.
- With the liberals "looking very keen to go into government" according to Paul Maurice, a member of the Franco-German Studies Committee at the French Institute of International Relations, his wish might just come true.
Media:
Logo
Share
Authors
Photo
Paul MAURICE
Intitulé du poste
Secrétaire général du Comité d'études des relations franco-allemandes (Cerfa) à l'Ifri
