Germany's FDP meets for leadership shake-up after election defeat

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2025-05-16

Berlin (dpa) - Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) is set to meet on Friday to appoint its new leadership, months after its catastrophic result in February's parliamentary election. The current chairman, Christian Lindner, who served as Germany's finance minister in former chancellor Olaf Scholz's government, is stepping down after more than 13 years at the helm. His successor is likely to be the party's former parliamentary leader Christian......

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