FDP stays loyal to Kohl
FDP stays loyal to Kohl
GERMANY'S LIBERAL Free Democrats (FDP) wrapped up a party congress in Leipzig pledging loyalty to the troubled ruling coalition while distancing themselves from unpopular Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In opinion polls, the FDP is teetering on the edge of the five per cent required to win seats in Parliament. Germany goes to the polls on 27 September.
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