Politics · Germany · 13 hrs ago
FDP leader Kubicki attacks German government’s economic policy
FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki criticized the federal government at a Thuringian party convention.
He said expected economic growth of 1.3% had been bought with Germany’s largest-ever debt program, while needed structural reforms were missing.
Kubicki called for reliably lower energy costs and criticized the rejection of fracking and new modular nuclear power plants.
He said cutting bureaucracy could help businesses and entrepreneurs, which he argued would support economic growth.
The FDP has recently failed to win seats in several state elections, including in Saxony-Anhalt, where it received 2.6% of the vote.
Kubicki said the party was ready to campaign if the coalition breaks up, as well as in upcoming state elections in Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia.
FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki sharply criticized the German government’s economic policy at the Thuringian FDP state party conference.
He said expected growth of 1.3 percent had been bought with the country’s largest-ever debt programme and that structural reforms were missing.
Kubicki called for lower energy costs and less bureaucracy, and criticized the rejection of fracking and new modular nuclear power plants.
He said the FDP was ready to campaign if the governing coalition broke apart.
- Who
- FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki criticized the German government.
- What
- He attacked its economic policy and called for lower energy costs and less bureaucracy.
- When
- At the Thuringian FDP state party conference; the article was published on 24 October 2026.
- Where
- At the Thuringian FDP state party conference in Germany.
- Why
- Kubicki said structural reforms were missing and criticized the government’s approach to growth, energy and bureaucracy.
Wolfgang Kubicki and the FDP
German government
Economic policy
Wolfgang Kubicki and the FDP
Kubicki said structural reforms were missing and that expected growth of 1.3 percent had been bought with the country’s largest-ever debt programme.
German government
The government’s view is not stated in the article.
Energy policy
Wolfgang Kubicki and the FDP
Kubicki called for lower energy costs and criticized the rejection of fracking and new modular nuclear power plants.
German government
The government’s view is not stated in the article.
The FDP received 2.6 percent in the Saxony-Anhalt state election and failed to return to the state parliament.
Kubicki criticized the federal government’s economic policy at the Thuringian FDP state party conference.
State elections are due in Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Expected growth
- 1.3 percent
- FDP result in Saxony-Anhalt
- 2.6 percent
- Event
- Thuringian FDP state party conference
- Upcoming state elections
- Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia, next April
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What people are saying
nearly an economic crime
There is only one effective democracy promotion law and that is economic growth.
Abolishing is the order of the day.
We are ready, if necessary, to go into an election campaign if this coalition fails again.