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People and Politics | A small party flexes its muscles - Germany's FDP

2,414 views · Published 25 January 2009 · 5:36 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: DW News · 2009 · News & Politics

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Germany's pro-business Free Democrat Party, or FDP, scored a resounding success in last weekend's state election in Hessen. FDP leader Guido Westerwelle says his party is willing to be the junior partner in a coalition government with the Christian Democrats. If that happens, the FDP will be a governing coalition partner in five state legislatures, covering 55 million of Germany's 80 million citizens. Hessen will also provide the FDP a stronger voice in the upper chamber of Germany's national parliament, the Bundesrat, giving the Free Democrats greater influence over national politics in the process. After 11 years in opposition, the FDP is once again flexing its muscles.

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