 Complete the following phrase:  The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties which existed in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German Peoples Party. For most of the second half of the 20th century, the FDP held the balance of power in the Bundestag. It was a junior coalition partner to the a hrefCDUCSUCDUCSUa 19491956, 19611966, 19821998 and 20092013 and the Social Democratic Party of Germany 19691982. In the 