Thomas Kemmerich resigns as Prime Minister of Thuringia with immediate effect: “I hereby declare my resignation as Prime Minister of the Free State of Thuringia with immediate effect,” he said in Erfurt. He would return all remuneration arising from the office of prime minister and executive prime minister to the treasury.
The big coalition in Berlin calls for one Soon new election in Thuringia, After a meeting of the coalition committee, the CDU, CSU and SPD emphasized on Saturday in Berlin that a new prime minister had to be elected immediately in the state parliament.
Previously, the Union’s Eastern Commissioner, Christian shepherd, has been dismissed from office by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
After the election in Thuringia, the CDU workers’ wing calls for the value union to be dissolved. The right wing of the party, which also includes ex-constitutional protection president Hans-Georg Maassen, had defended the voting behavior of the Thuringian CDU parliamentary group. With the votes of the CDU and the AfD, the FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich had been elected Prime Minister. “Anyone who does not share the values of the CDU has no business in the CDU”, said the Federal Vice of the Christian Democratic Workforce (CDA), Christian Bäumler, the “Handelsblatt”.
Left, SPD and Greens want Bodo Ramelow (left) in Thuringia only put up again in the state parliament for the election of the prime minister if they are approved in advance by other parliamentary groups secured an absolute majority to have. “If we do not know beforehand that Ramelow has a majority, we will go to new elections,” said party and faction leader Susanne Hennig-Wellsow.
Previously she had CDU faction Thuringia announced that it would abstain from an election of Ramelow,
FDP chief Lindner asked the question of trust in the party presidency – and clearly with 33 votes in favor won,
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