Polling suggests that it will be difficult to form a coalition without the Free Democratic Party. That means Christian Lindner may soon be one of the most sought after in German politics
for fourth place in the polls. The FDP advocates tax cuts, slashing red tape, a hawkish line on public finances and limits to European fiscal integration. More recently, it has pushed for a faster easing of lockdown rules. Its support leans young, wealthy and male. A snappy dresser and charismatic performer who regularly tops “Germany’s hottest politician” lists, Mr Lindner dominates his party to the exclusion of its other talents. He is invariably swarmed by admirers at campaign events.
For decades the FDP was the kingmaker of German politics, propping up coalitions led by the CDU/CSU or the centre-left Social Democrats . That gave the party outsized influence—between 1949 and 1998 it spent only seven years outside government—and built the careers of influential figures like Hans-Dietrich Genscher, foreign minister for no less than 18 years and one of the architects of German reunification.
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