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  1. The Free Democratic Party (German: Freie Demokratische Partei; FDP, German pronunciation: [ɛfdeːˈpeː] ⓘ) is a liberal [3] [4] political party in Germany. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties which existed in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German People's Party.

  2. Apr 27, 2024 · German Democratic Party. Theodor Heuss (born Jan. 31, 1884, Brackenheim, Ger.—died Dec. 12, 1963, Stuttgart, W.Ger.) was a liberal democratic legislator, the first president of West Germany, author, and leader of the Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP). He also helped draft a new constitution for postwar West Germany.

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  4. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties which existed in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German People's Party. For most of the second half of the 20th century, the FDP held the balance of power in the Bundestag. It has been a junior coalition partner to both the CDU/CSU ...

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    Some would argue one person's freedom to reject vaccination impinges on someone else's freedom not to get sick. Anna Katharina Mangold, professor of constitutional law at the University of Flensburg, criticized what she called the "impoverished version" of freedom the party appeared to be promoting in the spring of 2021, and then did not entirely l...

    The FDP has always set out to own the concept of freedom in German politics. "The Free Democrats are the party of freedom and self-determination," is the first line of the "general principles" posted on the party website, and its political foundation, named after 19th-century liberal leader Friedrich Naumann, has claimed the name of freedom itself ...

    Then again, should freedom and society always be defined as opposites, inevitably in conflict? Or does a "rich" understanding of freedom mean that freedom itself can be redefined? In a September 2021 edition of Germany's Philosophiemagazine, Christoph Möllers, a professor of the philosophy of law at Berlin's Humboldt University, went so far as to a...

    "But the enabling state is the one that does everything it can to make all opportunities equal," he said. That's why, he concluded, education is such an important policy area for the FDP. Though he admits that Germany has a problem providing the same educational opportunities for all its citizens, and Germans possibly enjoyed more equal opportuniti...

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