The FDP has published a paper on the end of the traffic light coalition (see video above). The eight-page document covers possible exit scenarios and is labeled “D-Day” – a term mainly used in connection with the Allied landings in Normandy, when Europe was liberated from Nazism.
“It is crucial to use the first sentences and images to end the coalition,” the FDP said in a press release. The ‘traffic light standstill’ has ‘long become a burden on the country’. What is needed is a better economic policy and an agreement on the budget draft for 2025. The ‘entire German media landscape’ is already speculating about the end of the traffic light, it is only “professional to adapt to this option.”
Among other things, it outlines a ‘D-Day process pyramid’, which has four phases – starting with ‘impulse’ and ending with the ‘beginning of open battle’. The FDP is currently in a coalition with the SPD and the Greens. As is known, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has preceded them in the process for new elections. German Finance Minister Lidner was dismissed on November 6. A new Bundestag will be elected on February 23, 2025.
You can view the FDP’s statement here.
Greens: “Parliament is not a battlefield”
The publication of the paper caused ridicule and outrage among the other parties. The use of the terms “D-Day” and “open battle” is particularly criticized. From English, “D-Day” can be translated as “Day X”, which means “Day of Decision”. In German, the term is mainly used in connection with the Allied landings in Normandy to liberate Europe from National Socialism.
“A parliament is not a battlefield, and the struggle for the best ideas and concepts is part of our living democracy,” said Britta Haßelmann, leader of Germany’s Green Party. SPD Secretary General Matthias Miersch spoke of cynicism and that the FDP saw the election campaign as an “open battle”.
Secretary General resigns
FDP Secretary General Bijan Djir-Sarai initially denied that he had chosen the term “D-Day”. The managers weren’t even aware of the paper; it was ‘made at the employee level’. On Friday morning, German media reported that he apparently resigned.
Source: Krone
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