Merkel Courted by Pro-Market Party Seeking Return From the Wilderness
- Free Democrats seek power share, leader tells Bild am Sonntag
- Chancellor readies for final six-week election push after lull
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gained a political suitor as a pro-business party vies for her favor on the expectation she’ll win another term in a national election on Sept. 24.
Christian Lindner, head of the Free Democratic Party that’s campaigning to re-enter parliament after a four-year absence, told Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag he foresees a Merkel victory over Social Democrat Martin Schulz. In that case, the party that finishes third would be a gauge of the national mood, said Lindner, whose FDP was Merkel’s coalition partner between 2009 and 2013.