Reasons for the Decline

Writing about the political decline of the FDP, one certainly has to investigate the reasons for it.
Just to briefly sum them up, the reasons inter alia are:


- no agreement within the coalition on several aspects (tax policy, health care, military service...)

- immature behavior of Guido Westerwelle
--> chairman of party vs secretary of state
--> "late Roman decadence", "social freeloaders"

- political turbulence in the middle classes
Rudzio: "fluctuation of voters & pluralism of interests"
--> Grüne reached a record level of 18%

- lack of decisiveness on the part of Merkel
--> no strict guidance as one would imagine it of a chancellor
--> financial crisis, Greece in debt


These are just some of the reasons, others will follow, but I am still in the process of developing and structuring ;)


See this article for background information:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/pers-j18.shtml