Christian Lindner on the goals of the Free Democrats: best education, digitalisation as an opportunity, self-determination instead of bureaucracy, sensible immigration policy and commitment to Europe
Wednesday, 23. May 2018, 18:30 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOH-B-10
On 24 September 2017, the Free Democrats (FDP) managed to make it back into the German Bundestag. The comeback provides an encouraging message for Germany: After a failure it’s possible to make a fresh start. The FDP, represented by the colour yellow, abandoned discussions for a so-called ‘Jamaica coalition’ with the Union (traditionally black) and the Greens when it became clear that the result would have been nothing more than extension of the previous Grand Coalition with a lick of green paint. The Free Democrats now fight for trend changes from the centre of the parliament: Their goals are the best education possible, digitalisation as an opportunity, self-determination instead of bureaucracy, a prudent migration policy, and commitment to Europe.
Christian Lindner, born on the 7th of January 1979, is a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) and head of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary group. Lindner was elected party leader of the Free Democrats in December 2013. At the federal elections in September 2017, he led the FDP back into the German Bundestag after four years of opposition outside the parliament. Christian Lindner has been a member of the FDP since 1995. He was elected as a member of the federal state parliament in North-Rhine-Westphalia for the first time in 2000. From 2012 to 2017, he was chairman of the FDP group in the North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament.