Federal Council election Pfister: "I believe I have scored points"

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4.3.2025 - 15:24

Central Federal Council candidate Martin Pfister after hearing with the FDP parliamentary group: "I believe I have scored points."
Central Federal Council candidate Martin Pfister after hearing with the FDP parliamentary group: "I believe I have scored points."
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The hearings for the centrist candidates for the Federal Council began in the Federal Parliament on Tuesday. Martin Pfister expressed his satisfaction after the hearing by the FDP parliamentary group.

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"I believe I have scored points," he told the assembled press in the Federal Palace on Tuesday. He emphasized his experience as a member of government in a financially strong canton to the FDP, said the Zug councillor.

He had had to answer numerous difficult questions and had also been able to answer them. "I am satisfied with the answers."

He was tense and motivated, he replied to a journalist's question about his current emotional state. Next, Pfister will have to answer questions from the SVP parliamentary group. His rival, St. Gallen National Councillor and farmers' association president Markus Ritter, has his hearing with the FDP after Pfister.