FDP Epiphany Meeting 2023: The start of the year for the Liberals in the ticker
Created: 01/05/2023 14:01
By: Bona Hyun
FDP Epiphany Meeting 2023: The traditional start of the year for the Liberals will take place on January 6th.
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The FDP Epiphany Meeting 2023 will take place from Friday.
On January 6, 2023, the Liberals will set thematic realignments for the coming year.
Stuttgart – The FDP’s Epiphany meeting in 2023 could be decisive for the party.
Last year there were electoral defeats – the mood among the Liberals is tense.
The main topics are fracking, the lifetime of nuclear power plants and tax cuts.
Shortly before the Epiphany meeting, FDP politicians made clear demands of party leader Christian Lindner.
FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr advocates a reduction in income and corporation tax due to the poor economic conditions in Germany.
"I think it would be right to reduce income and corporation tax in order to help medium-sized companies get back on their feet after two crises," Dürr told the
German Press Agency
(dpa)
.
Dürr supports party leader Christian Lindner, who campaigned for the complete abolition of the solidarity surcharge.
FDP Epiphany Meeting 2023 in Stuttgart: Christian Lindner insists on the continued operation of the nuclear power plants
Shortly before the FDP Epiphany meeting, Lindner also insisted on the continued operation of the nuclear power plants.
In times of crisis, nuclear energy should continue to be used, Lindner told the
Stuttgarter Zeitung
.
Lindner also thinks it makes sense to expand an “emergency plan” for the nuclear power plants.
The further operation of the nuclear power plants was also a topic in the position paper of the FDP top politicians Martin Hagen and Stefan Naas.
The FDP men called on their party and party leader Lindner for more delimitation and assertiveness in the traffic light coalition.
"In order for the FDP to get back on the road to success in 2023, it must sharpen its profile," write the chairman of the Bavarian FDP Hagen, and the Hessian top candidate of the Liberal Naas, in the position paper.
Epiphany meeting of the FDP: When and where does the traditional start of the year for the Liberals take place?
The Epiphany Meeting of the Free Democrats 2023 starts on January 6th, 2023 in the Stuttgart Opera House.
The rally begins at 11:00 a.m.
According to the Liberals, admission begins at 9:30 a.m.
FDP chairman Christian Lindner, FDP state leader Michael Theurer, faction leader Hans-Ulrich Rülke and general secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai are expected at the annual epiphany meeting and political start to the year.
The FDP expects a large crowd, especially considering that the Epiphany meeting will take place again after two years.
Sebastian Czaja, top candidate of the FDP Berlin, will present the goals of the Berlin Free Democrats at the Epiphany meeting.
After a speech by Djir-Sarai, FDP leader Lindner speaks and concludes the Epiphany rally.
Follow the FDP Epiphany meeting live: You can stream Christian Lindner's speech here
The FDP Epiphany Meeting will also be broadcast in 2023.
The Epiphany meeting will be broadcast in full as a live stream on fdp.de as well as on YouTube and Facebook.
But there could be a problem with the transmission of Lindner's speech at the Epiphany meeting, since there seem to be internet problems.
"We have a s*** internet here," a party member recently commented on the situation when registering.
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FDP Epiphany Meeting 2022: Party leader Christian Lindner squinted at the CDU and CSU
At the Epiphany meeting in 2022, FDP leader Lindner spoke out in favor of a rapprochement with the CDU and CSU.
According to the FAZ, Lindner "has no interest in moving away from the CDU/CSU, on the contrary".
The question will be whether the CDU wants to hold the FDP up for any compromise in their government work or whether "a real talk about the future is possible" with them despite their opposition role.
Will the Liberals also be interested in talking to the Union at the Epiphany meeting in 2023?
The FDP has met in Stuttgart since 1866 on Epiphany.
The Epiphany meeting developed into an FDP event with increasing national political importance.
The name of the Epiphany Meeting goes back to Epiphany, January 6th, when the liberals traditionally meet.