FDP Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki responds to CDU leader Friedrich Merz's call for new elections - with some ridicule. "The fact that he now, in a touch of megalomania, wants to decide for himself when the Bundestag should be re-elected is quite embarrassing," he says.
Merz had mentioned September 22, 2024 as a possible election date in the event that the traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP broke up prematurely. The next federal election will not normally take place until autumn 2025.