Overview

• The Free Democratic Party now operates as an extra-parliamentary opposition under Christian Dürr after failing to re-enter the Bundestag with 4.3 percent of the vote in February 2025.
• In his new book “Aufwind im Freien Fall,” vice-chair Wolfgang Kubicki diagnoses the party’s traffic-light coalition tenure as having fallen short of its core liberal ideals.
• Kubicki calls for the FDP to sharpen its core policies, adopting bolder rhetoric to reconnect with disaffected voters.
• He argues that the party should not be deterred by accusations of populism if it means delivering clear and impactful messages.
• The manifesto serves as the FDP’s first major strategic blueprint for rebuilding and redefining its identity after Christian Lindner’s departure.