Lindner is a automobile fanatic and is understood for driving a classic Porsche. He served as finance minister for 3 years within the troubled three-party coalition authorities of earlier Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which collapsed in late 2024, resulting in an election.
Lindner’s pro-business and car-friendly FDP crashed out in that election, failing to garner the 5 % of votes required to safe seats within the German parliament. The ailing liberals have didn’t make the 5 % threshold within the each state election since then.
Whereas Lindner was largely off the grid within the months after the federal government collapse, he has made a number of media appearances since final fall.
