FDP

British

abbreviation

Freie Demokratische Partei

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Etymology

Origin of FDP

German: Free Democratic Party

Example Sentences

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Ministers from the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberal FDP held a joint press conference on Thursday to outline what they said were far-reaching measures.

From BBC

"We don't have a revenue problem," FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Duerr said.

From Reuters

The FDP's Christian Lindner is in charge of the finance ministry.

From Reuters

All three parties in Scholz' national coalition have slipped a couple of percentage points, with both the Greens and Olaf Scholz's centre-left SPD at around 15%, and the free-market liberal FDP hovering at 4.9% and may miss the 5% threshold to stay in parliament.

From BBC

The two junior partners in Scholz's coalition, the Greens and FDP, did worse than in the 2018 elections in the two states - with the FDP on track to drop out of Bavaria's parliament.

From Reuters

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