Actually, Christian Lindner had done everything right until last Sunday. He had saved FDP from Westerwelle trap, he had proved perseverance and led a fresh campaign, which conveyed message to audience: Liberals can be driving force of an intelligent renovation of country. People with initiative and willfulness can have ir place in a society that renounces winner-take-all principle.

He has thus become trendsetter of a new group of bourgeoisie, which does not want to have anything to do with life-style presumptions of Greens nor with union tangles.

The ideological turnaround of Lindner-FDP consisted in a calm but resolute departure from neoliberal state phobia. One does not have to be against state, if one wants to broaden scope for individual – that was his message. This involved a quiet rapprochement with social liberalism, which makes FDP fit again for a society of responsibility, sympathy and openness to future.

In wrong place, Heinz digs,

63, is professor of sociology at University of Kassel and Social Democrat.

But now FDP boss has lost his patience in wrong place and turned himself into a little boy who is offended and annoyed by game of ors, which should bring country to anor future.

Of course he had to drain moralism of Greens, of course to lift corporatism of Union out of fishing and, of course, to demand realism in management of an inclusive society. But to let Jürgen Trittin push himself out of coalition of a new reason, a politician who still intends to do something is not allowed to pass.

The Union and Greens must now ask mselves what y have lost when y acted as if new Germany were above all a combination of black and green. Wolfgang Kubicki, Lindner's vice, says that it has not been possible to find a common idea for alliance within four weeks, which would have included something visionary.

The Greens have lost ir vision

We had indeed waited for that. The hope was that Conservative, Greens and Liberals would produce a new mix in which country with its hidden champions, its rocked infrastructure, its good utilities and its suspended areas can find again.

If Greens of vision do not want to know any more and after interruption of talks, first of all money provided for digitisation, agreement to abolish unreasonable retention of data and dismantling of Solis, You have not understood signs of Times. The audience wanted a new spirit, not updating of an expanded corporatism.

The parts of bourgeoisie, which are open to economy, but also to social, respect education, but above all appreciate self-activity of individual, are now out of game. It also does not help FDP black Peter blame.

It is not done with decommissioning of coal-fired power plants, promotion of one-parent families with high risk of poverty and development of organic farming. If it is to go furr, Agile engineers from R D departments, young doctors from university clinics, ambitious winemakers from Palatinate and smart tinkerers from Fintech boutiques must be present. Without m, we will find no exit from labyrinth we have maneuvered into.

Date Of Update: 23 November 2017, 12:02