Debate about FDP
Lindner downplays the “D-Day” plan as “intern papers.”
Christian Lindner is looking forward after the traffic light break and is preparing for the federal election in February. The infamous exit paper is completely irrelevant.
Christian Lindner described his party’s controversial “D-Day” paper on the traffic light exit as a “trainee’s paper”. In view of increasing disputes in the coalition, everyone was preparing at the time, said the FDP chairman at an event organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Frankfurt. This also happened at the FDP party headquarters.
He wouldn’t have needed the paper himself. “It’s an intern’s paper,” said Lindner in an answer to a question about the template, which shows a detailed scenario for the FDP’s exit from the traffic light. The exit is described and acted out using military terms such as “D-Day” and “open field battle”.
The German Press Agency’s report on Lindner’s assessment does not reveal which intern created the “paper”.
For Christian Lindner, “D-Day” simply means “Decision Day”
Lindner said he would not have used the term “D-Day” himself. According to the dictionary, it means “decision day” – separate from the Second World War. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) wrote about an “open field battle” in her biography, said Lindner. This was not scandalized by anyone.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) once spoke of a “bazooka,” which is a rocket launcher. “I have the impression that a mistake by the FDP is being used here in order not to enforce ethical standards, but to pursue power politics in an ice-cold manner,” added Lindner.
The FDP is presenting its campaign for the new election this Tuesday
The paper also sparked strong criticism within the party. Secretary General Bijan Djir-Sarai and Federal Managing Director Carsten Reymann resigned. This Tuesday, the FDP is presenting its campaign for the new Bundestag elections scheduled for February 23rd.
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Source: Stern
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