Baldness after the election: FDP politician makes a risky bet:
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FDP Secretary Risks Hair Over Election OutcomeNicole Büttner pledges to shave her head if the FDP fails to enter Baden-Württemberg’s parliament on March 8th.
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- Nicole Büttner, FDP Secretary General, vowed to shave her head if the party misses the parliamentary threshold on March 8th.
- October polls place the FDP between five and seven percent, dangerously close to the required five percent barrier.
- Despite tight forecasts, Büttner remains hopeful, citing past elections where the FDP improved its results.
- Lead candidate Hans-Ulrich Rülke calls this election critical for the party’s future in Baden-Württemberg.
I will shave my head if we miss the entry into the state parliament. Everything gone. Radical.— Nicole Büttner, General Secretary of the FDP, in an interview with the Schwäbische Zeitung.
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