BERLIN (MNI) – German Economics Minister Rainer Bruederle wants to
hold on to his job regardless of the outcome of the power struggle in
his Free Democratic Party (FDP), he told German daily Rheinische Post in
an interview published Tuesday.
Asked by the paper if he will remain Economics Minister, Bruederle
replied: “Yes, that is my firm intention.”
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced on Sunday that he
won’t run again as head of the Liberals at the next party convention in
May.
Likely candidates to succeed Westerwelle at the helm of the party
include Health Minister Philipp Roesler and FDP Secretary General
Christian Lindner.
German weekly Bild am Sonntag (BamS) reported on Sunday that if
Roesler became the next party leader he would try to move from the
Health Ministry to the more important Economics Ministry, pushing out
Bruederle.
The FDP party board is to decide about the Westerwelle succession
this afternoon.
–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@marketnews.com
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