Proper noun
FDP
(German politics) Initialism of Free Democratic Party of Germany (Freie Demokratische Partei); a German centrist classical liberal political party.
Advisor cum Director Dr. Basheer Ahmed talked about the importance of the FDP theme and congratulated the CSE department for conducting the FDP on cutting edge technologies. Source: Internet
Already at the end of the 70s did not seem to be sufficient for a coalition the similarities between FDP and SPD, but the CDU / CSU chancellor candidate of Franz Josef Strauss in 1980 left the two parties go again together in the federal election. Source: Internet
After being elected into the federal government, the FDP suffered from heavy losses in the following state elections. Source: Internet
After the election of 1969, the SPD preferred to form a coalition with the FDP, ending the uninterrupted post-war reign of the CDU chancellors. Source: Internet
All governments between 1949 and 1966 were formed by the united caucus of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), either alone or in coalition with the smaller Free Democratic Party (FDP) or other right-wing parties. Source: Internet
As a consequence, the FDP switched allegiance to the CDU and Schmidt lost his parliamentary majority in 1982. Source: Internet