German liberal chief targets conventional wisdom

Report of an interview with Christian Lindner, leader of the Free Democtaic Party (FDP) in Germany. Under Lindner the FDP was hoping to re-enter the German parliament in the federfal elections in September 2017.

The FDP were a potential coalition partner for Angela Merkel's CDU. The authors say that Lindner called for a hard line on Greece and a soft Brexit.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: German federal election, 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-federal-election-2017/

EurActiv, 18.09.17: Germany’s Free Democrats may stall EU reform hopes http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/germanys-free-democrats-may-stall-eu-reform-hopes/

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