Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP): "I insisted that Carsten Reymann be fired" Kiel/Bonn, December 13, 2024 - The deputy FDP federal chairman and Bundestag vice president Wolfgang Kubicki spoke to Inga Kühl in phoenix about the FDP's so-called D-Day paper: "I insisted that Carsten Reymann be fired." The FDP politician initially believed that the paper was written by an intern. "I didn't even see that Carsten Reymann was written on it." After the first public reporting on the term D-Day, Reymann did not inform Lindner, Bijan Djir-Sarai or Kubicki that there was a paper with this title, said the deputy FDP federal chairman. "And for 14 days he had us explain to the media, so to speak, that this is a lie, that it is not true. That is an offense, a mistake that cannot be accepted. But what is much worse for me is that the paper contained a list, from the federal executive director of his own party, of how to find ways to organize something without involving the party's committees. That is such a form of insubordination that no organization can tolerate that." Kubicki himself has never heard or used the term "D-Day" in any internal meetings. When asked about the failed traffic light coalition, Kubicki explains that they were unable to reach agreement on the issue of debt. "The idea of ​​not having to save or prioritize by taking on more debt is fine, but in my view it is wrong. In any case, it is not possible with me personally and with the FDP." For Germany, Kubicki would like, even if the terminology could be disputed, "a little more Milei in the courage to approach bureaucracy and a little more Musk in the courage to be successful - I would like that for us too." Kubicki says of Elon Musk: "I would be happy if we had German companies that were able to bring a rocket back home. We don't even have companies that can launch a rocket." In addition, Germany has never had so few friends: "I could never have imagined (...) that Notre-Dame would be opened but the French President would not invite the German Chancellor, (...) that the Poles would hold a conference, invite Macron but not invite Germany." Regarding the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the discussion about repatriations, the Vice President of the Bundestag explains: "It makes no sense to talk about repatriations at the moment because we don't even know what the situation looks like yet. That is, it is certainly not possible legally because the situation is confusing. And it would also be irresponsible from a human perspective." This can only happen when it is clear that there is a stable government that "guarantees a minimum level of the rule of law." The consequence of the rule of law is to send back those whose protection status would then no longer apply. But we also have to make an offer to qualified workers, especially if they are "already integrated into the labor market, if they are already socially integrated, then it would also be in our own interest if they stayed here," says Kubicki. But we now have to check that new asylum seekers do not include "henchmen of the Assad regime" coming to Germany.