Wolfgang Kubicki desires to turn out to be FDP chief – “I will do everything I can to make the party successful again” – | EUROtoday

The long-time deputy chief of the FDP, Wolfgang Kubicki, desires to run for the federal chairmanship of the FDP. This is reported by the “Bild” newspaper, citing Kubicki himself.

He advised the newspaper: “I want a party that leads the political debates in this country with new self-confidence instead of running behind them. Germany is not waiting for an FDP that gets bogged down in academic discussions, but for one that has made this country great: clear in political content and just as clear in language. For freedom.”

He is counting on grassroots mobilization and sees himself as a assure that the FDP will as soon as once more be perceived as an impartial power that stands for financial cause and particular person freedom. “That’s why I will make my party’s delegates an offer in May in which they can be sure: I will do everything I can to make the party successful again,” he advised “Bild”.

The FDP was kicked out of the Bundestag final yr and up to now few weeks from the state parliaments in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Party chief Christian Dürr introduced his resignation after the defeats within the state elections. At the identical time, nonetheless, he introduced that he would run once more for the presidency within the new election of the FDP management on the federal celebration convention in May. The NRW state chief of the FDP, Henning Höne, can also be working for election.

The FDP protection skilled Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann additionally got here into play for twin management, however withdrew her software. The two-thirds majority required for twin management is a really excessive hurdle, she defined on