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NDZP AND TLD CONSIDER BUT REJECT MERGER
 
ODERVELD - LEUCHTFEUER
 
Neukirchstadt, February 19, 5646: ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER learned that Team Liberaldemokraten (TLD) and Neue Dundorfische Zentrumspartei (NDZP) leaders met at the NDZP headquarters in Neukirchstadt to discuss a possible merger and other issues.  After the meeting ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER found former Chancellor Erica Kleinfelder and asked how the meeting went, and she replied:
 

We do have things in common. We both support traditional social values, religious freedom, balanced budgets, free trade, an effective and modern defense force, and respect for national sovereignty.
 
We both started in the same position; we many years ago; they much more recently.  Pro business, pro church, traditional values.  The fundamental difference at the outset was they are pro business and particularly big business while we are pro religion and the traditional community.
 
So at some point we found the needs and well being of the parishioners of our churches diverging from the needs of large corporate complexes.  Most noticeably in our decision to protect the safety net even if that meant taxes including corporate taxes could not be cut.  Also TLD is really serious about less and less regulation of commerce and industry while NDZP feels the citizenry should be protected from predatory commercial and financial assaults on their earnings, from unsafe working conditions and environmentally destructive practices.
 
Also, there is the pragmatic consideration of the actual economy of the Bundesrepublik.  Both TLD and NDZP favor private ownership over public ownership of the means  of production.  For TLD, this is an absolute. NDZP recognizes that over rather short periods of time the actual lawful practice in our nation has been abrupt and disruptive  and accordingly believes both should be permitted and abrupt changes avoided.  NDZP believes its steadfast adherence to this position in conjunction with other parties of like mind has helped stabilize our economy and promoted growth.
 
So we are not going to merge.  But since we do have much in common we will support each other’s presidential candidates and as first choice see if after an election we can together form a governing center right coalition recognizing this may often not be the case and recognizing that is the practice among the center and center left parties.
 
But think it is fair to say we have renewed our friendship and our respect for each other’s viewpoint.
 
Karlotte Teitelbaum, who was our most recent presidential candidate, will lead NDZP into the next election.

NDZP's Erica Kleinfelder