Following the Bundestag election, the FC Bundestag also needs a new captain. The former team captain, Mahmut Özdemir (SPD), told the “Rheinischen Post” (Friday edition): “We finished third in the last Bundestag election and the CDU came first. Accordingly, the strongest faction proposes the captain.” This is the rule, Özdemir said. “Now I’m waiting for a suggestion from the CDU.”
It is true, “we only won the European Championship under a social democratic captain.” This happened in the year 2022, but the players were unable to defend the title. The next tournament of parliamentary teams will take place in Finland at the end of May.
Özdemir once again emphasized: “Being a member of the AfD is incompatible with membership in the FC Bundestag.” He respects the first instance decision of the Berlin Landgericht that AfD members could also become members, “but I am aiming for further clarification through legal means” Özdemir said.
However, there will be no “line-up and participation in the league” involved. No one from the AfD has also registered for the “interfraktionelle Dienstreise” to Finland.