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Höne Wins NRW Re-Election Ahead of FDP Leadership Showdown With Kubicki

The result boosts his federal bid as the party seeks a quick recovery to clear Germany's 5 percent hurdle.

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Der nordrhein-westfälische FDP-Landeschef Henning Höne ist auf einem Landesparteitag in Duisburg klar im Amt bestätigt worden. Damit stärkte die Landespartei dem 39-Jährigen den Rücken für seine Kandidatur als Bundesvorsitzender.

Overview

  • Henning Höne secured about 84.5 percent in his NRW party re-election in Duisburg on Saturday, giving him clear backing to run for the federal chair.
  • The party congress at the end of May will choose a leader for a one-year term, setting up a contest between the 39-year-old state chief and veteran deputy Wolfgang Kubicki.
  • Kubicki set a one-year target to lift the FDP back toward 5 percent and a longer goal above 10 percent, warning that polls stuck near 2 percent by next May would make a comeback impossible.
  • National surveys underscore the slump, with ZDF's Politbarometer now listing the FDP at 3 percent after earlier omission, and recent votes pushing the party out of the Bundestag and two state parliaments.
  • Power bases are in play, with Christian Lindner encouraging Kubicki, MEP Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann backing Höne, and NRW expected to send about a quarter of delegates to the May congress.