What is Free Democratic Party (Germany)?
{{Infobox political party |country = Germany |name = Free Democratic Party |native_name = Freie Demokratische Partei |abbreviation = FDP |logo = [[File:Logo der Freien Demokraten.svg|200px|FDP logo]] |colorcode = {{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}} |leader = [[Christian Lindner]] |foundation = 11 December 1948 |ideology = {{Nowrap|[[Liberalism]]<br>[[Classical liberalism]]<br>[[Conservative liberalism]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Hans|last=Slomp|title=European Politics into the Twenty-first Century: Integration and Division|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIJH_mHgI68C&pg=PA55|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-96800-7|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Hans|last=Slomp|title=Europe, a Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1uzkNq8xfIC&pg=PA377|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39181-1|page=377}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Stephen|last=George|title=Politics and Policy in the European Union|url=https://archive.org/details/politicspolicyin0000geor_x9f6/page/98/mode/2up|date=1996|edition=3rd|publisher=University Press|isbn=978-0-19-878190-5|page=98}}</ref><br>[[Economic liberalism]]}} | position = {{nowrap|[[Centrism|Centre]] to centre-right}} |international = [[Liberal International]] |european = [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]] |europarl = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] |colours = [[Blue]], [[magenta]] and [[yellow]] |headquarters = Thomas-Dehler-Haus<br />Reinhardtstraße 14<br />10117 [[Berlin]] |website = [http://www.fdp.de/ www.fdp.de] }} The '''Free Democratic Party''' or '''Freie Demokratische Partei''', short '''FDP''' (from 1968 to 2001 '''F.D.P.''') is a [[political party]] in [[Germany]]. The party advocates for a more [[free market]] [[economy]]. Although they agree to some aspects of the German [[welfare state]], they want to see a reduction in government spending and a movement to [[privatization]]. == History == Several [[liberalism|liberal]] parties have