The newly elected basic secretary of the FDP, Martin Hagen, once more distanced himself from the time period “firewall” in the case of the AfD. “A party that has a clear position does not need a firewall to distinguish itself from the AfD or any other party,” Hagen informed Deutschlandfunk. “Neither the AfD nor the Left are possible coalition partners for the FDP. The FDP does not work with left or right radical parties. But you don’t need a protective wall and everything that goes with it.” Referring to long run paintings in parliaments, Hagen mentioned: “I would never make my voting behavior dependent on what the AfD does or what other parties do, but I would always follow my convictions. It’s all about: “If the AfD concurs to an utility from the FDP or the CDU this is proper on that factor, that doesn’t make this utility flawed. If truth be told, that is best related in parliaments the place there is not any majority in executive – recently the state parliament of Thuringia.
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Firewall: Imaginable new FDP management disagrees on how you can maintain AfD birthday party convention FDP: FDP elects Wolfgang Kubicki as new Z+ federal president (content material matter to subscription); 5 % hurdle in state elections: Energy 4.9% Hagen: FDP is not going to let AfD thru in Saxony-Anhalt
In view of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, wherein the AfD is obviously forward, in line with polls, Hagen wired: “No, the FDP will not allow the AfD to pass. There is no coalition, no cooperation with the AfD, and we do not agree to their proposals. But, if we also submit its proposal, the D becomes bad.” In Saxony-Anhalt, the FDP has thus far been a part of a governing coalition with the CDU and SPD, however has lately been at 3 % within the polls and would subsequently no longer go back to the state parliament.
On the convention of the FDP federal birthday party on the weekend, the connection with the AfD was once a very powerful subject. The then-defeated birthday party management candidate, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, criticized her opponent Wolfgang Kubicki and Hagen for engaging in an “unspeakable firewall debate.”
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