Most recently, Linda Teuteberg was a woman FDP general secretary.
At the weekend, a man should be in office again: The FDP members meet at the party congress in real life despite Corona.
The
FDP
wants to position itself for the
federal election in 2021 in
terms of content and personnel.
A new
Secretary General is to be
elected
at their
party congress in Berlin
on September 19
.
Unlike other parties, the FDP
does not meet digitally
in the
corona pandemic
.
Berlin - The
CSU *
has postponed its party conference for the first time.
The
Greens *
want to hold theirs in November, but digitally.
The
FDP is
different
:
despite
Corona *
and the threat of a
second wave *
on September 19, the
Liberals are
going to be present
at their party congress in the
Estrel hotel complex
in
Berlin
- and want to take on a comprehensive, page-long
hygiene concept
.
According to information from the
Handelsblatt, there
will be
between 700 and
800 participants
expects the party largely foregoing external guests.
Masks and distance rules should be standard - the
corona faux pas
of party leader
Christian Lindner
is still well remembered
.
More on the subject in the video: Lindner apologizes for hugging in corona pandemic
What the FDP is about on this day: To reposition itself in terms of personnel.
The 50-year-old
Volker Wissing
is to be elected as future
general secretary
- and give the party a boost after it has dangerously approached the five percent hurdle.
With a
weakness for financial issues
, Wissing not only resembles his
friend
Lindner
, but also many other FDP members.
FDP party conference despite Corona: Wissing should replace Teuteberg
The circumstances of Wissing's appointment had provided a lot to talk about.
Because Lindner withdrew the incumbent
Linda Teuteberg
prematurely.
Teuteberg's
appointment in April 2019
was seen as a signal that the FDP
wanted to win
more
women
and
East Germans
for itself.
But now, a year before the
general election
, Lindner is back to a
classic FDP profile
.
"The situation in the country has changed - that's why the @fdp team must also change. Today I suggested @Wissing, @harald_christ and @starkwatzinger for the Presidium," said @c_lindner.
"I thank @LindaTeuteberg for her work."
https://t.co/3zDb38NQVO
- FDP (@fdp) August 17, 2020
The doctor of
law
and trained
church musician
Wissing
came to the Bundestag for the first time in
2004
after holding positions as a public prosecutor, university professor and judge
and stayed there until the FDP
failed to
return to parliament in
2013
.
The married father of one daughter made a name for himself as a financial expert and was at times chairman of the finance committee.
FDP elects new general secretary at party congress: talk ready for printing like Lindner
Wissing is currently
part of a
traffic light coalition
with the
SPD *
and the Greens
in
Rhineland-Palatinate
.
But he does not want this to be understood as a signal for the federal government - the FDP does not define itself via possible coalition partners, he emphasizes.
At the federal level, Wissing, who has been on the FDP executive board since 2007 and has also been on the presidium since 2013, took part in the ultimately failed Jamaica negotiations after the last federal election.
Much like Lindner, Wissing can
formulate
impromptu ready for printing
- and sees the FDP as a "ruling party".
The next few months will show
whether voters appreciate the FDP's return to
traditional values
.
(
frs with material from dpa and AFP
)
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