Germany
Free Democratic Party
Classical liberalism
A classical liberal party campaigning on balanced budgets, tax reduction, deregulation and digital modernisation, combined with a permissive position on personal freedom.
- Founded
- 1948
- Positions as of
- 2025 federal election programme
- Last verified
What does it believe?
The state in the economy
Strict adherence to the constitutional debt brake and opposition to new state industrial subsidies.
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
Evidence: Well documented
Tradition and change
Evidence: Documented
Nation and the world
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
Evidence: Well documented
Environment and growth
Evidence: Documented
Sources
Sources are prioritised in this order: official manifestos, official party documents, parliamentary records, academic research, then high-quality reporting.
- Federal election programme · Freie Demokratische Partei · 2025
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