Bundesparteitag in Berlin - Scheidender FDP-Chef Lindner Admits Mistakes and Criticizes Merz

Christian Lindner goes as FDP chief and expects Chancellor Merz: The course of the new government disregards voter will and debt brake. He warns of the next elections in 2029.

The outgoing FDP chairman Lindner has described the Federal Party Congress in Berlin as a new start for the liberals. The aim is to re-enter the Bundestag through hard work and a return to liberal coordinates. Lindner stressed that the FDP, under his leadership, has also made mistakes and regressions in recent years.

What next for the liberals? After the defeat, the FDP wants to reposition itself with a combination of experienced politicians and new faces.

One Christian (Lindner) says goodbye politically, the other Christian (Dürr) wants to be elected chairman. Excitingly it could become in the race for the presidium places.

The FDP elects a successor to Christian Lindner and new Vice-Chiefs. One candidate says: The party should not think so much in black and white categories anymore.

Declaration of love for the FDP farewell: In his last speech Lindner appeals particularly emotionally to his wife.