According to a media report, Marie‑Agnes Strack‑Zimmermann, a European politician for the FDP, offered on Monday morning to assume the party’s chairmanship – but only as part of a co‑chair or dual‑leadership arrangement.
The Spiegel, citing participants, says she-who heads the German FDP members of the European Parliament-stated she would be willing to share the chairmanship with a second person. Earlier, she reportedly expressed distrust of party leader Christian Dürr.
The FDP’s current statutes do not allow for a dual leadership, though a motion to that effect has been filed for the national party conference at the end of May. Meanwhile, the FDP, which has been co‑leading the state government, suffered another decisive defeat in the Rhineland‑Palatinate election on Sunday and failed to reach the five‑percent threshold.
