CChristian Lindner seldom expressed doubts about wanting to participate in government work during the upcoming legislative period. He almost claimed to be the Federal Minister of Finance. It is unusual to fight for a department so clearly during the campaign. On the other hand, Lindner did not want to be understood as suspicious— Liberal Democratic Party After being rejected by the Jamaica League in 2017, it is still struggling.
The number one candidate of the Liberal Party emphasized in answering questions from FAZ readers on Thursday: As in 2017, the Liberal Democratic Party will also decide this year based on content.Requirements with the “Traffic Light Alliance” Social Democratic Party And Greens is an “attractive proposal” for FDP. If you put these programs together, there will be a big difference. When asked about the “red line”, Lindner cited two “guardrails”: there will be no tax increase, and Germany is already “the country with the highest taxes.” His party cannot relax the debt brake.
Lindner added that the real estate crisis in many major cities in Germany must be resolved through “construction” rather than interfering with the freedom of contract and ownership. The important thing is to “put the government in the middle and prevent another shift to the left.” It depends on the FDP. For this, the distance between them and the Green Party must first be reduced. A representative survey conducted by the Allensbach Institute for FAZ last week found that the FDP was 10.5% and the Green Party was 17%.
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In terms of climate protection, according to Lindner, “use of market-based means” to take action against global warming has been neglected. You need a “regulatory framework” that includes a carbon dioxide cap, for example, a designated emission budget. How to use it must be decided in a “market-based ideological contest” with “technological openness”. Lindner advocates emissions trading, which means that operators would rather close their lignite plants for economic reasons than the wishes of politicians.
Lindner said that in the new crown pandemic, FDP has shown “the greatest sensitivity to fundamental rights” without relativizing the risk of the virus. Lindner sees a certain “danger of self-determination” in the idea of ”only vaccinated and recovered people are allowed to participate in social life.” The consideration of denying people who have tested negative by the country to the restaurant has nothing to do with effective epidemic control. Following Armin Laschet, the candidate of the union’s prime minister, Lindner is the second best candidate to answer questions from FAZ readers. This Friday, the SPD candidate for prime minister Olaf Schultz, and the co-chairman of the Green Party Robert Habek next week.
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