Chairman of the Free Democratic Party in Germany
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.
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.
Thursday, 19. August 2021, 18:30 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Aula)
After 1990, the end of history was assumed. A worldwide triumph of democracy, the rule of law and the market economy. Thirty years later, however, we find ourselves in a global competition of regulatory ideas. Authoritarian ideas such as those in China have long since claimed power. And even within the democracies of the West, liberal values have come under pressure to gain legitimacy. In the solution of human tasks such as combating pandemics, climate protection and the transformation of the economy and society through digitalization, the models of order are in competition with each other. How do we defend liberal values? How do we solve humanity’s questions with its resources? These questions will be discussed by the Federal Chairman of the FDP Germany and political scientist Christian Lindner in his lecture.