Overview

• Christian Dürr announced a reset to position the FDP as a force for a consistently market‑oriented course and what he called genuine reform policy.
• He pledged a radical rethink of the welfare state, economic policy and steering migration more directly into the labor market.
• Dürr framed the move as an answer to what he described as national stagnation, saying the FDP will serve as the countermodel.
• He criticized the Merz government for taking on hundreds of billions in new debt while failing to deliver necessary reforms, citing surveys showing minimal public confidence.
• The party remains clearly below the five percent threshold in polls after missing the Bundestag with 4.3 percent in February, with Dürr taking over in May and Nicole Büttner serving as general secretary.