More controversy in the coalition car
“More visibility” also at the expense of disputes with the coalition partners or persuasion through factual work? At its most recent general meeting on Thursday evening, the Frankfurt FDP also dealt with its role as part of the Roman alliance with the Greens, SPD and Volt. “The older voters are leaving us and more than 50 percent are going to the CDU,” warned former member of the Bundestag and State Secretary Hans-Joachim Otto. They were concerned that the FDP was doing too little to break the “green hegemony” and called for a “loud guardianship” in the federal government and in Frankfurt.
The former Rhineland-Palatinate minister and later head of the Federal Employment Agency, Florian Gerster, also advised “limited conflict” with the coalition partners. “It’s especially important for small parties to be visible,” said the former Social Democrat, who has been a member of the Liberals for two years. One should not enforce every detail of a coalition agreement. “It depends on the communication,” said Gerster. He warns of the consequences if the Chamber of Industry and Commerce criticizes the coalition’s transport policy in a letter. “That was a scathing.” Former city councilor Volker Stein spoke of a “non-existent presence” of the FDP in city politics.