market-consumerist policy. Since 1898, he was a member of the Central Board of the National Liberal Party, from 1903 to 1909 and from 1912 to 1918 Vice-President of the Reichstag. Paasche was very combative, as a liberal: in 1908, during the Daily Telegraph affair, he attacked the emperor, and temporarily lost the support of the party and was not reintroduced into the Prussian State Parliament.
He was a member of the National Liberal Party and served as Vice-President of the Reichstag from 1903 to 1909 and again from 1912 to 1918. He was known for his aggressive political style, particularly during the Daily Telegraph affair in 1908 when he criticized the emperor, leading to a temporary loss of support within the party and exclusion from the Prussian State Parliament.