Macron party plans merger with ALDE – good for FDP

The party is trying to break out of its image of anti-party party. This was due in part to its difficult position in the Bundestag's electoral program to get rid of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). The position has since been revised. The fact that she even entered the electoral program had been a mistake, according to the party leadership.

"The ALDE European Liberal family's cooperation with Emmanuel Macron's movement" The Republic on the move "is a signal," said FDP General Secretary Nicola Beer Handelsblatt.

Cooperation is a sign of progress in Europe, of necessary reforms, of "preservation and modernization of the European idea in the sense of a free and democratic Europe", which stands inside and speaks of "the future". one voice outward, said Beer. Beer was sent just a few weeks ago by the FDP party executive as the main candidate in the European elections.

"Of course, we keep an eye on cooperation after the elections," said Beer. Even if formally, a common faction is decided only after the elections. Cooperation should not be easy. Because some of the positions represented by En Marche, the FDP has already rejected. For example, the demand for a common budget for the euro area. Macron reportedly warned during the election campaign, even before the FDP, because of their critical European positions. "Of course, there are differences in content," admits Beer.

Tomorrow Sunday, the FDP will meet in Berlin to discuss the first draft of the European electoral program under the "Convention on Freedom". The program must be adopted by the party's executive in December and decided at the end of January on the day of the European Parliament.

In February, ALDE will meet in Berlin. There, the team must be formed for the election campaign. The liberals of Europe had agreed that they would not only stand in the election campaign with a prime candidate.