Gudrun Bierbrauer-Haupenthal has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Liberals. The 48-year-old teacher wants to focus on the social market economy as a guarantee for growth and innovation in the upcoming election campaign. As a second pillar, the emphasis will be placed on education – because uniformity must no longer prevail there – rather, performance must once again be rewarded in this area as well. In the long term, she intends to dedicate herself intensively to a future-oriented alignment of the party, for example by strengthening the state specialized committees.
Party leader Oliver Luksic once again emphasized in his speech the urgent need for a political and economic fresh start after the end of the traffic light coalition. This is only possible with a strong FDP. The party conference, in turn, paid him great respect for his consistent resignation as Secretary of State in the federal government and assured him of full support in the future as well.
Substantively, a key resolution called for a sustainable strengthening of the middle class and emphasized the opportunities and solutions for the Saarland economic location in the face of job cuts, structural change, and skilled labor shortages. It is believed that these challenges can be overcome through innovative approaches, more targeted support for businesses, and the decisive reduction of bureaucracy.
In addition, the delegates voted in favor of introducing a community emergency paramedic, expanding tax-favored private retirement provision to include self-employed individuals, entrepreneurs and freelancers, as well as the urgent demand to finally effectively counteract the shortage of doctors in Saarland.
