Lindner in the election forum: FDP boss fights for votes before the election!

Lindner in the election forum: FDP boss fights for votes before the election!

This day, February 15, 2025, FDP boss Christian Lindner appears at the electoral forum of Munich Merkur and Ippen.media to ask the readers and moderators questions. The event takes place in the Munich press house and begins at 4 p.m. The election forum will last about an hour and deals with central issues of the election campaign, including migration and business. In a recent survey by the Allensbach Institute, the FDP is only five percent and fights for the attention of the electorate, while Lindner humorously compares the survey results with a ketchup bottle that releases a "first blob".

The upcoming Bundestag elections, which take place on February 23, 2025, have strongly shaped the political events in Germany. Originally planned for September 2025, they were brought forward. Around 60 million citizens are entitled to vote in this election, including around 2.4 million in Berlin. The voters have two votes: one first vote for direct candidates and a second vote for parties. The new voting right, which was reformed in March 2023, only provides for 630 MPs in the Bundestag after external mandates have been abolished.

Lindner's criticism and demands

During the election forum, Lindner expresses his criticism of the CDU/CSU voting behavior and the other coalition partners. He explains that the vote on the Union's migration plans was unsuccessful two weeks ago because the CDU/CSU was not fully on board. He also criticizes the voting behavior of the SPD and the Greens who have spoken out against the law.

An important point in Lindner's speech is the situation of the relationships between Germany and the United States. He describes the United States as a "complicated friend" and calls for a "cooler" dealings with the statements of the Trump government. In addition, he recognizes the late FDP interior minister Gerhart Baum and emphasizes his life's work and merit for the party.

election preliminary and political mood

Current survey values show that the political landscape in Germany is dynamic. The SPD and the Greens are 15 percent each, while the AfD is 20 percent. According to the ZDF polite barometer, the failed migration law of the Union of the CDU/CSU has not harmed. The Lindner criticized dynamics within the government is part of a larger image that also reflects the challenges for the current government coalition in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Especially in Rhineland-Palatinate, the existing coalition of the SPD, FDP and the Greens is considered unstable because it would no longer have a majority. In such an environment, the parties also have to consider whether they exceed the five percent hurdle to stay in the Bundestag. It is a time of upheaval, both at the federal and state level.

With a view to the upcoming elections, Lindner advertises a black and yellow coalition and expresses the desire to become finance minister again. Whether he can achieve this goal depends largely on the response of the voters in the remaining days until the election.