Free voters soon in the Bundestag? “Aiwanger is unlikely to have much success beyond the Weißwurst equator”. “In the north he is rather laughed at,” says political scientist Jürgen Falter.

Bonn and Bitburg will become federal political venues on Saturday. In the former capital Bonn, Hans-Georg Maaßen wants to present the transformation of the Union of Values ​​from an association to a party; the Free Voters are meeting in Bitburg.