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FDP: Kubicki wants to settle dispute with Strack-Zimmermann: After a public exchange, Wolfgang Kubicki and Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann are striving for unity ...
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Strack-Zimmermann explains when she decided to run: Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann’s move at the FDP party convention came as a surprise ...
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After defeat against Kubicki: Strack-Zimmermann strikes back in TV talk show: After the FDP election, Strack-Zimmermann has a bit of fun – | and makes it clear ...
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Is there a Kubicki effect? What the FDP membership figures show: Wolfgang Kubicki, the new FDP party chairman, accepts congratulations from Marie-Agnes ...
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Surprising challenge: Strack-Zimmermann now runs against Kubicki after all: At the FDP party conference in Berlin, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann surprisingly ...
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After a contested vote: Kubicki attacks defeated Strack-Zimmermann - | "Now you know who's boss"
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After the vote: Kubicki will not show consideration for Strack-Zimmermann's followers
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Kubicki is FDP leader: Anything but a resounding victory: The "old warhorse" Wolfgang Kubicki is supposed to lead the FDP into the future ...
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Strack-Zimmermann challenges Kubicki - | who looks grim: Wolfgang Kubicki reacted with a disgruntled look at the FDP party conference on Saturday to the news ...
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FDP Federal Party Conference: Reach is not approval: Not everyone in the FDP is thrilled about the election of the notorious loudmouth Kubicki ...
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FDP-Bundesparteitag: Kubicki siegt bei Kampfabstimmung um Parteivorsitz gegen Strack-Zimmermann
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FDP Party Conference Interview: Strack-Zimmermann on the Contested Election: Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a European politician from Düsseldorf ...
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FDP chairmanship: How Strack-Zimmermann surprised Kubicki: Wolfgang Kubicki ran unopposed for the FDP chairmanship at the party conference - | until an old rival ...
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FDP Party Conference: Kubicki is an Opportunity and a Risk for the FDP: The spectacular challenge by Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann against Wolfgang Kubicki at ...
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FDP party conference: What Kubicki's victory against Strack-Zimmermann means: At the FDP party conference, Wolfgang Kubicki defeated Marie-Agnes ...
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Paid articlePaywallShock at FDP party conference: Strack-Zimmermann versus Kubicki: It was supposed to be Wolfgang Kubicki's appearance - | but shortly before the election ...
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Paid articlePaywallInterview: Strack-Zimmermann on the FDP and liberalism in Europe: She is a security policy expert and Germany's most outspoken liberal; she discovered her ...
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Strack-Zimmermann criticizes Kubicki's candidacy for the FDP chairmanship - | he defends himself
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OpinionGermany without the FDP: Why the liberal voice is missing: The FDP has failed to enter the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg. This defeat is entirely its own ...
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Key FactsMerz Declares FDP Politically Defunct After Election Loss
Mar 9, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
- Friedrich Merz declared the FDP politically irrelevant following their poor performance in Baden-Württemberg.
- The Liberals failed to secure seats by receiving only 4.4 percent of the vote in the state election.
- Merz views this defeat as sealing the FDP’s fate on a national level.
- He urged former FDP voters in Rheinland-Pfalz to support the CDU in the March 22 state election.
The FDP has now, as of yesterday, effectively disappeared from the political stage in Germany. It will not play any role any longer.— Merz said in Berlin after consultations of CDU leadership following the Baden-Württemberg state election.
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