FDP leader Lindner with post election-speech 25 Sept
- up to Merkel's Conservatives to start talks
- our party base will have final say about possible coalition deal
- regarding joining EZ budget we have a strong interest in strength of France
- Germany has great interest in Macron reform success
- rules of EU's stability pact must be implemented more strictly
- there should be a possibility for EU members states to exit EZ without leaving the EU
- policy to bolster euro area with ECB money has failed
- euro area needs state insolvency rules
Deputy FDP leader Kubicki says:
- It's not our role to form a Jamaica coalition at any price
CSU leader Seehofer:
- party will remain partner to Merke's CDU
- leadership to vote on continuation
- time to debate the partnership after many years
For those unaware of the German election vagaries I posted this article earlier.
