German liberal leader retires after electoral defeat

FDP chief Christian Lindner has said that he will leave active politics

Christian Lindner, the leader of Germany’s pro-business Free Democratic Party, has announced that he is retiring from politics following a disastrous defeat in the elections in the Bundestag. 

“The federal election brought a defeat for the FDP, but hopefully a new beginning for Germany. That was what I had fought for,” Lindner wrote on social media. 

“Now I am retiring from active politics,” he added.

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