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Hubert Aiwanger, the head of the Free Voters party, feels confident that his team could make it to the Bundestag during the next election. He shared his sentiment at a press conference held after the European elections on Monday in Berlin.
The Free Voters garnered 2.7% of the votes nationally, an increase of 0.5% from the 2019 European elections. Although this allows them to place an additional representative in Brussels, Aiwanger admits that this achievement doesn't meet their primary goal of joining the Bundestag.
During the Bundestag election campaign, the party would have access to more funds and more candidates at a national level, Aiwanger revealed. This is when they'll show off the Bavarian model, which is known as the only federal state that has a center-right coalition sans red and green. "It's a completely different starting scenario," remarked the deputy prime minister of the Free State. He is optimistic about doubling the party's share of votes.
Aiwanger doesn't seem to be fazed by the comments made by Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) regarding the outcome of the elections. On Sunday night, Söder declared that the dreams of the Free Voters at both the national and European levels had been shattered and ended. The party should concentrate more on the country and municipalities, according to Söder.
The CSU had argued before that the party shouldn't take part in the state parliament elections, countered Aiwanger. "You should be pleased that the Free Voters are powerful in Bavaria's state parliament. Otherwise, the Greens would be in Bavaria as well," remarked Aiwanger.
Aiwanger rebutted Söder's statements and targeted the Greens. He emphasized that the Free Voters' objective is to keep the Greens from forming the next federal government and pointed out that the Greens largely contributed to the rise of radical political forces in recent times. "That's one reason for this election result. More and more people are realising that prosperity is being destroyed by the Greens," he emphasized. The target for the Free Voters at the federal level is an alliance with the FDP and the Union.
