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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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FDP: Kubicki wants to settle dispute with Strack-Zimmermann
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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After defeat against Kubicki: Strack-Zimmermann strikes back in TV talk ...
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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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Is there a Kubicki effect? ​​What the FDP membership figures show
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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Surprising challenge: Strack-Zimmermann now runs against Kubicki after all
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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Kubicki is FDP leader: Anything but a resounding victory
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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Strack-Zimmermann challenges Kubicki - | who looks grim
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 Federal Party Conference: Reach is not approval
FDP-Bundesparteitag: Kubicki siegt bei Kampfabstimmung um Parteivorsitz gegen Strack-Zimmermann
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FDP-Bundesparteitag: Kubicki siegt bei Kampfabstimmung um Parteivorsitz ...
FDP Party Conference Interview: Strack-Zimmermann on the Contested Election: Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a European politician from Düsseldorf ...
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FDP Party Conference Interview: Strack-Zimmermann on the Contested ...
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: Kubicki is an Opportunity and a Risk for the FDP
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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FDP party conference: What Kubicki's victory against Strack-Zimmermann ...
Shock 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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Shock at FDP party conference: Strack-Zimmermann versus Kubicki
Strack-Zimmermann criticizes Kubicki's candidacy for the FDP chairmanship - | he defends himself
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Strack-Zimmermann criticizes Kubicki's candidacy for the FDP ...
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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Germany without the FDP: Why the liberal voice is missing
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
  • 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.