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There is nervousness in the FDP. There are fears of a secret plan by the center left against Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis (62). In the Federal Council elections on December 13, the name of center leader Gerhard Pfister (61) could be written on many ballot papers – even if he is not officially a candidate. In return, the FDP should be left with the vacant position of chancellor.
“This is complete nonsense,” they claim in the center party. The center and the SP obviously do not want to know anything about a secret plan. In any case, a secret plan can only work as long as it remains secret.
Pfister wouldn’t even accept a wild choice
The FDP still feels in the middle when it comes to voter share. But when it comes to the number of parliamentary mandates, the liberals are already in the lead. However, centrist politicians assure that party chairman Pfister does not actually want to know anything about a political maneuver against Cassis: “He probably wouldn’t even accept wild elections. “It would make him incredible,” the middle even assures us.
Finally, Pfister emphasizes at every opportunity that the center party does not want to vote out sitting federal council members.
At the same time, Pfister is also said to have ambitions from his own party: “He absolutely wants to become a federal councilor,” a party member is convinced. But his plan to climb the political Olympus looks different: centrist politicians expect the resignation of centrist Defense Minister Viola Amherd (61) during the new legislature – at the end of 2024 after her presidential year or at the end of 2025. Her logical successor: Pfister yourself.
Pfister is in the starting blocks
The party leader has not yet shown his cards. But the party leadership agrees: “He is in the starting blocks.” And after the successful transformation of the CVP into the center and the recent election successes, the Bundeshaus parliamentary group can hardly get past Pfister – whether others such as National Council President Martin Candinas (43) also want to become Federal Council members or not.
Pfister’s advantage: If the balance of forces does not change in the 2027 elections and the center ultimately lays claim to a second seat in the Federal Council, Pfister, as the center’s current federal councilor, could sit back and quietly follow what happens. However, if the initial situation were to change again and the second seat of the Federal Council were further away, Gerhard Pfister would not have to worry about it. In any case, he would be the strong man in the Federal Council.
Source:Blick
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