P129 MTV3 p129 .Ma 24 Lok 1811:17 203 GERMAN FDP SETS KEY REFORM CONGRESS FOR DECEMBER ... SERIES OF ELECTION FAILURES, JNCLUDING A SLIDE TO 6.9 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN LAST WEEK'S GdNERAL ELECTJON FROM 11 PERCENT IN 1990. MANY VOTERS SA THEY NO LONGER KNOW WHAT THE FDP STANDS FOR AFLER IT FAILED TO ASSERT ITS FREE-MARKET AND CIVIL LIBERTY IDEALS IN THE LAST GOVITNMINT, PROMPTJNG INTERNAL WRANGLING OVER POLICY DIRECTION. BUT KOHL NEEDS THE FDP MORE THAN EVER AFLER SEEING THE COMBINED MAJORITY OF HIS CHRJSTIAN DEMOCRATS AND THE FDP DWJNDLE TO JUST 10 SEATS IN THE ... <128 130>