His latest move: FDP will not form a coalition with the Greens at the federal level
"The Greens are a political opponent and not a strategic partner," said Westerwelle after the board meeting. Furthermore, it is not the FDP's task to lead the Greens out of their insignificance, said the FDP leader. However, Westerwelle does not see the "collegial parliamentary work" with the Greens endangered by the renunciation of the coalition option.
So, two things are really impressive about this:
- with what vehemence someone who has nothing to say in federal politics still believes that anyone cares about his statements on federal coalitions
- and the idea that someone first kicks a potentially necessary partner in the political work (after all, you are sitting together in the opposition - and the Left Party certainly won't want to have anything to do with the little citizen's gang) in the ass, but then expects to continue playing with them.
What kind of stuff is he smoking, anyway?