The traffic light has been in crisis for a long time. FDP leader Lindner does not rule out the coalition’s failure and calls for courage for a new beginning.
Berlin – The current traffic light situation could increase the desire for early federal elections. Two lamps from the traffic light coalition flicker. On September 25th, the board of the Green Party announced its resignation. CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann then called for an end to the traffic light coalition. “I stand by it: there is no way around new elections,” he told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The FDP is also wavering. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) does not rule out a premature failure of the traffic light coalition. “Stability for Germany is of paramount importance. But at some point a government can also be part of the problem itself,” said the FDP leader in the podcast of the news portal “Table.Briefings”. “A government must always ask itself whether it meets the requirements of the times.”
The traffic light problem: having the courage to “ignite a new dynamic”
After the state elections in Brandenburg, the FDP blamed the traffic light coalition for the disastrous numbers. Regarding speculation from the FDP about a possible exit from the traffic lights around Christmas, Lindner said the day after the Brandenburg election that courage was now required of everyone: courage to do work even in a controversial coalition if good things could be achieved for the country , or the courage to draw conclusions when you reach the limits of what is possible. “Then it takes courage to spark a new dynamic,” said the FDP leader on September 23rd.
Lindner sees no reason to resign after the election defeats. The poor poll numbers for the FDP have nothing to do with their own mistakes, said the FDP leader in the podcast. “We are there as blockers. But our voters tell me: You are doing too much red-green. The program and the values of the FDP are not the problem.” He still believes he can lead the FDP and achieve a good election result in the federal election.
If the traffic light coalition fails: early federal election?
Deputy FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki believes that, in addition to the imminent failure of the traffic light coalition, an early election is possible. The party is united and will go into the election campaign with self-confidence and a strong leading candidate, Lindner, he said Funke Media and added: “Whenever it will take place.”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not expect any impact on the traffic light coalition. Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced on September 25th that the resignation of the Green Party leadership would have “no impact on the coalition”. Political scientist Karl-Rudolf Korte from the University of Duisburg-Essen said this ZDF, that the traffic light won’t fall apart so quickly. The traffic lights are “too weak to diverge”. (dpa/lw)
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