FDP: Kubicki gives the Greens an ultimatum - "Otherwise I won't speak to them again"

News38 FDP: Kubicki gives the Greens an ultimatum - "Otherwise I won't speak to them again" Anouschka Hamp and Alexander Riechelmann • 2 hours • 3 minutes reading time Shortly before the federal election on February 23, the FDP wants to decide on the core points of its election program at the party conference in Potsdam. Like parts of the Union, they have targeted the Greens. The Liberals now even want to rule out future cooperation with the party in their program. One point of the so-called election appeal states that the Free Democrats can in principle cooperate with the party, but "after this federal election, we rule out cooperation in a new federal government." The reason for the cancellation is many blockades by the Greens in the broken traffic light coalition. The Habeck party has "blocked or delayed many necessary measures for more growth, for order in migration and for more trust in personal responsibility instead of paternalism." But in Potsdam, the deputy federal chairman of the party, Wolfgang Kubicki, is even clearer - and gives the Greens an ultimatum. Shortly before the start of the party conference, it is bustling in the large hall in which the FDP is holding its party conference. Many delegates are still chatting when suddenly the lights are dimmed and music with colorful lights is faded in, like a boxing match. People take their seats, staring spellbound at the lectern. As the applause slowly dies down, Wolfgang Kubicki steps up to the microphone as the first speaker of the day. Even with his opening words, he lashes out at his former coalition partners. "Here is confidence. Outside, a man of one word, here a liberal with complete sentences." A clear allusion to the election campaign of the former alliance partner, who relies on one-word messages in his election campaign. Clear demand Especially after the vote on Friedrich Merz's (CDU) five-point plan, the gap between the Liberals and the Greens has deepened even further. For Kubicki, it is clear: "The Greens are not interested in an objective discussion about solutions to problems, but prefer to engage in a smear campaign against all those who do not share their views." At the same time, Kubicki and his party colleagues seem to be particularly angry about a statement made by the Greens in this regard. The labeling of various FDP party members as Nazis after they, together with the AfD, supported the CDU's plans. "What should we do with people who put me, who put the FDP, close to Nazis?" asks the politician. For him, it is therefore clear: "I expect Britta Haßelmann, Robert Habeck, Annalena Baerbock and others to apologize to me and to us personally for calling us Nazis. Otherwise I won't speak another word to them." This is an urgent demand in view of the current poll results. It is currently unclear whether the FDP will even enter the Bundestag. And with that comes the question of whether the Liberals will have the opportunity to speak to the Greens again any time soon.