Senior German liberal says Scholz’s government ‘lost its legitimacy’

The deputy leader of Germany ' s free - market liberal Free Democrats ( FDP ), Wolfgang Kubicki , said Chancellor Olaf Scholz ' s three - party coalition government has " lost its legitimacy " in light of poor results in a pair of state elections on Sunday . The FDP is part of Scholz ' s coalition , and is projected for a terrible showing of around just 1 % in both Thuringia and Saxony , based on initial results and exit polls . That will leave the party without any seats in either state parliament . People have the impression that " this coalition is damaging the country ," Kubicki said of the national government in a post on X . " And it is definitely damaging the Free Democratic Party ." Scholz ' s centre - left Social Democrats ( SPD ) are projected to hold roughly steady in Saxony but slip in Thuringia , while coalition partners Greens face tough losses in both states . Taken together , the SPD , Greens and FDP are projected to have only 10 . 6 % of the vote in Thuringia and 13 . 6 % in Saxony , acc ording to the latest projections from public broadcaster ZDF at around 9 pm on Sunday ( 1900 GMT ). dpa mfi vrb xxde bst era Source: The Namibia News Agency