A political quake has taken place in the Thuringian state parliament: the head of the small FDP is prime minister – the AfD put him in office.
- Thuringia: The state parliament elected a prime minister – in a memorable process.
- The incumbent and election winner Bodo Ramelow was voted out with the votes of the AfD, CDU and FDP.
- The new head of government is FDP head of state Thomas Kemmerich. However, his power options are limited.
- Kemmerich’s freestyle with the help of the AfD caused violent outrage nationwide.
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Update at 9.05 a.m .: In the German press yesterday’s election is called shame in many places. For example, the Nürnberger Nachrichten comments that it is a “Shame on the Liberals“That an FDP man from the Höcke-AfD can be hoisted into office. The South German also writes of shame. In the international press led the Election scandal of Thuringia also a huge media echo. So wrote London Financial Times: “Germany’s political post-war consensus on ostracizing right-wing extremists was torn apart on Wednesday after Angela Merkels Christian Democrats common cause With the nationalist alternative for Germany to deploy a little-known local politician as prime minister of the eastern federal state of Thuringia. ”With the election of Thomas Kemmerich be that AFD for the first time “Kingmaker in German Politics” become. The Financial Times also suspects that Kemmerich’s administration relies on the support of the AfD in the Thuringian parliament to survive.
Thuringian election scandal: International newspapers write about breaking a taboo
The Zurich daily gazette and the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia described the controversial election of the FDP politician Kemmerich as breaking taboos, “For the first time there is one in Germany State government at the mercy of the AfD“Writes the Tages-Anzeiger. He further referred to yesterday’s vote as “Erfurt sensation election”, which is already a “Disaster for the credibility of the FDP and CDU is – not only in the east, but across the country ”. The Belgian newspaper De Standaard was also critical of the election in Thuringia. “The AfD continues to turn German politics upside down“It says there. The good performance of the AfD in Thuringia would also be angry because the AfD is led there by Björn Höcke, the “most radical among the top people in the party”.
Update from 8.53 a.m .: Despite vehement demands from federal politics, Thuringia’s prime minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) further elections rejected on Thursday. “New elections in this situation would only lead to a strengthening of the margins – Democrats cannot want that,” said Kemmerich in the ARD “Morgenmagazin”. He called on all “democratic parties” in the Erfurt state parliament to calm the “flogged situation”. With his election as head of government, he had “taken on a very big task,” he added. However, he perceived the split that triggered his choice in society and therefore “slept restlessly”.
At the same time, Kemmerich emphasized again that he did not want to rely on the AfD to exercise his office. “We will have no government policy on the AfD.” There would be “no cooperation” with this party. The AfD has “played its games,” he said with a view to Wednesday’s election.
Thuringian election scandal: Thuringian SPD calls for new elections
Update from 8.41 a.m .: After the election of the FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich with votes of the AfD as Thuringian Prime Minister, the Thuringian SPD clearly positioned: “From the point of view of the SPD, there must now be new elections to clarify the situation, since this MP election was made against the will of the majority of the population and was only possible with the votes of the Höcke-AfD,” said the regional association on Wednesday evening ,
At the same time, the Thuringian party leaders urged the SPD federal association to resign the grand coalition, “if there is no unequivocal clarification of the relationship between the federal CDU and the AfD, and the CDU Thuringia will have consequences.”
Prime Minister election in Thuringia: FDP leader Lindner travels to Thuringia
Update from 8.28 a.m .: FDP boss
Christian Lindner will travel to Erfurt for talks on Thursday as the first top representative of a federal party. He wanted with that Thuringian FDP talk, Lindner told the German Press Agency after the surprising election of FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich as Prime Minister on Wednesday.
About the travel plans had previously RTL reported. The election of Kemmerich with the votes of liberals, CDU and AfD triggered a political quake. The Federal FDP has also come under pressure, the course of the Liberals in Thuringia is also controversial internally.
After the election scandal in Thuringia: demonstrations also in Hamburg and Leipzig
Update from 8.17 a.m .: After the election of Thomas Kemmerich as the new Prime Minister of Thuringia, there were protests not only in Berlin and Thuringia. Around 1,500 people took part in a rally in Hamburg in the evening. There were just as many in Leipzig. Several hundred people came together in Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden and Kassel.
After the election scandal in Thuringia: people take to the streets and demonstrate
Update from February 6, 6.35 a.m .: Rarely have people in Germany taken to the streets to oppose the choice of one Prime Minister to demonstrate. That is exactly what is after choosing Thomas Kemmerich to the Thuringian Prime Minister in the evening. In Berlin, for example, more than a thousand demonstrators demonstrated against the 54-year-old’s election. Especially before FDP party headquarters the displeasure was felt.
Demonstrators also took to the streets in other cities such as Cologne, Erfurt and Weimar. The posters read: “Shame on you”, “Stop the arsonists” and “Not my MP”.
After the election of the prime minister in Thuringia: protests are ongoing
Update, February 5, 10:40 p.m .: While CDU and SPD now on one GroKo-level meeting have agreed on Saturday, the last protests all over Germany. Demonstrated in Bayreuth, Bavaria Jürgen Trittin (Bündnis90 / Die Grünen) with numerous participants. In Hamburg Around 1,500 demonstrators moved from the faction office of the Hamburg AfD to the office of the regional association of the FDP. In Hanover numerous demonstrators also came to one in Lower Saxony vigil together. Also in Munich around 300 citizens gathered to protest. Many people expressed their displeasure with the choice Berlin. Leipzig. Frankfurt at the Main and Cologne out.
Election in Thuringia: FDP overthrows Ramelow with AfD votes – GroKo top meeting planned
9.20 p.m .: After this Election scandal around Thomas Kemmerich want the tops of CDU and SPD now discuss the consequences of the prime minister election in a coalition committee. This top meeting of the GroKo on Saturday in Berlin.
“On our initiative, we agreed on a coalition committee on Saturday,” said SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans,
Election bang in Thuringia: FDP overthrows Ramelow with AfD votes – Ziemiak calls Höcke on the ARD “Nazi”
8:37 pm: Because of the Thuringian election there was a focal point at ARD. It was Paul Ziemiak, interviewed the Secretary General of the CDU. He named among other things Bjorn Höcke a “Nazi” on TV.
“We [die CDU-Führung] have repeatedly emphasized: There must be no cooperation of any kind with the AfD. A prime minister was elected today – also with the votes of Nazis such as Mr. Höcke and others from the AfD. That is why it cannot be the basis for a stable government, ”said Ziemiak when asked.
There were protests after the election of Kemmerich in several German cities. Also in Munich people have gathered in front of the FDP headquarters, as reported by tz.de.
7.20 p.m .: The Presidium of the CDU has voted unanimously for new election in Thuringia pronounced. The party leader said Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Wednesday evening in Strasbourg with. She had previously accused her party colleagues in Thuringia in choosing the new one Prime Minister to have violated the party’s decisions.
“The Presidium of the CDU followed my line unanimously: none CDU Minister in one,cabinet Kemmerich’, No collaboration with AFD, Best of all, voters should vote in Thuringia have the choice again, ”she wrote on Twitter.
The Presidium of the @cdu has unanimously followed my line: no CDU ministers in a “Kemmerich cabinet”, no cooperation with the AfD.
The best thing for voters in Thuringia to do again is to vote.– A. Kramp-Karrenbauer (@akk) February 5, 2020
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Election bang in Thuringia: FDP overthrows Ramelow with AfD votes – demonstrations before the state parliament
6.05 p.m .: It is spontaneous due to the choice of the FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich to the new Thuringian Prime Minister to demonstrations before the Parliament in Erfurt came. Among the demonstrators were red-red-green Member of Parliament and Group employees, With whistles and posters, they drew attention to the concern that the extreme right could further strengthen in Thuringia. On some of the posters was also on the history Thuringia pointed. “1930 first minister of the NSDAP, 2020 first prime minister with votes of the AfD”, was one inscription.
Election bang in Thuringia: FDP overthrows Ramelow with AfD votes – Söder and AKK for new elections
5.20 p.m .: The leadership of the Federal CDU has the approval of Thuringian state association to choose the new one Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP)* sharply criticized and new elections brought into play. CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer accused her party colleagues in Thuringia of violating the party’s decision to elect the new prime minister. “The voting behavior in the third round of the election was against the will of the Federal Party, I think that is wrong,” she said on a visit to Strasbourg on Wednesday, placing her in the ranks of the numerous critics.
They see “no stable basis for the now elected prime minister”, and now it has to be discussed whether there are new elections. “This is not a good day for Thuringia and not a good day for the political system in Germany,” said the CDU leader.
5 p.m .: CSU chief Markus Söder has described the coming of the prime ministerial election in Thuringia as “unacceptable” – and like CDU general secretary Paul Ziemiak New elections required, “The best and most honest would be clear new elections,” Söder told journalists in Munich on Wednesday. Anyone who thinks that the AfD can vote for them is crazy. “This all day only the AfD benefits“said Söder. This cannot and should not be the common goal.
Thuringia: Kemmerich (FDP) new Prime Minister – no majority in sight, CDU is already calling for new elections
4.48 p.m .: CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak has criticized the approval of the Thuringian state association for the election of the new Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) and called for new elections. The election of Kemmerich with the votes of the AfD “divides our country,” said Ziemiak on Wednesday in Berlin. “It is all the worse that members of the CDU in Thuringia have obviously accepted that by voting, a new prime minister could also be elected with the votes of Nazis like Mr. Höcke,” he said. New elections would now be “the best”.
4.40 p.m .: With SPD, Greens and CDU would the new Thuringian Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) like to work together – but just a few hours after his freestyle, the SPD and the Greens clearly rejected all offers. “Social Democrats do not support a political project that only came about through the grace of the AfD,” said the SPD parliamentary group leader in the Erfurt state parliament, Matthias Hey.
The AfD, CDU and FDP are solely responsible for the outcome of the third ballot. They had elected a prime minister whose party just cleared the five percent hurdle in the state election in late October. “Thomas Kemmerich is personally responsible for the formation of an intact government – the SPD will not support him,” Hey clarified.
The Thuringian Greens also spoke of a “political taboo breach”. “Thomas Kemmerich came into office with the help of the AfD – that is a pact with fascists and a mistake of historical proportions,” explained the two state presidents Ann-Sophie Bohm-Eisenbrandt and Bernhard Stengele. They asked Kemmerich to resign immediately. Under the hashtag #nichtmeinmp, the Greens called for demonstrations for Wednesday in Erfurt, Jena, Weimar and Gera, among others.
4.10 p.m .: FDP leader Christian Lindner defended Thomas Kemmerich. The new Thuringian prime minister associated with his candidacy the sign that the center is also represented in the state parliament – the approval of the AfD was not expected, Lindner said in a statement: “Who supports our party in a secret election is not right in our power. ”But there would be no cooperation with the AfD – he could not tolerate one. If the CDU, SPD and Greens “refuse to work together”, then new elections are to be approved soon.
Thuringia bang: Kemmerich promises “firewalls” – “We will not pursue politics with the AfD”
3:50 p.m .: In a press statement, Thuringia’s prime minister explains Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) well he wanted CDU, SPD and Greens Offer discussions for cooperation in a joint cabinet. On the other hand, it will no cabinet with the AfD and do not give “AfD politics”. “We will not pursue politics with the AfD in any conceivable form,” he said.
Kemmerich also emphasized that there was “firewalls to both political extremes ”. He did not want to compare the Left and the AfD, but there were also points in the Left program that were incompatible with the social market economy, for example.
How Kemmerich now wants to govern is unclear. The previous SPD ministers don’t seem to think about working together. According to the SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Hey, they are already clearing their offices. “We will not accept any cabinet offers from Mr. Kemmerich,” said Hey. He ruled out that the Thuringian Social Democrats would work with a prime minister who was elected with AfD votes. The Greens have already issued a refusal.
Anyway FDP, CDU, SPD and Greens no common parliamentary majority. For legislative decisions, Kemmerich requires either the approval of the Left or the AfD. Kemmerich indicated that it would be conceivable to appoint independent experts to the cabinet.
Thuringia: Kemmerich takes over as Prime Minister from Ramelow – scandal at the inaugural speech
3.35 p.m .: With derisive laughter, Thuringia is the new prime minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) welcomed at his inaugural speech. “It’s about Thuringia,” he opened his speech in the state parliament – and garnered interjections and laughter from the Left Group, among others. “Hypocrites” and “charlatans”, it was said among other things from the plenary. State President Birgit Keller (left) made a complaint.
Thomas Kemmerich at his inaugural speech in the Thuringian state parliament.
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Kemmerich continued with visibly trembling hands. He emphasized that he wanted to “give the parliament a liberal vote again”. “The firewalls against the extremes will remain,” said Kemmerich with renewed interjections. The FDP chief had been elected with the votes of the AfD.
He was ready for discussions with CDU, SPD and Greens declared the new prime minister – however, these three parties, together with the FDP, do not have a state parliament majority. After his short speech, Kemmerich asked for the meeting to be adjourned. He brought this request through Parliament – with the votes of FDP, CDU and AfD,
How now Kemmerich’s chances of constructive government work are there, you can at Merkur.de* read.
Thuringia: Kemmerich (FDP) crashes with the AfD Ramelow: Even liberals outraged
2:54 p.m .: Even the FDP is apparently still at odds about the assessment of the turbulent Thuringian Prime Minister election. The member of the Bundestag Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann criticized the Liberal elected with the votes of the AfD Thomas Kemmerich sharp. “I personally appreciate Thomas Kemmerich. I understand his desire to become prime minister, ”she tweeted. “But to be chosen by someone like Höcke is unacceptable and unbearable among Democrats. So it’s a bad day for me as a liberal. ”
FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki had previously exulted in a conversation with the dpa. “It is a great success for Thomas Kemmerich. A candidate from the democratic center won, ”he said.
The Green-running federal meanwhile demands Kemmerich’s immediate withdrawal. “We expect Thomas Kemmerich to resign immediately,” said the party leaders’ joint statement Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck as well as the fraction leaders Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter. “Thomas Kemmerich came into office with the help of an AfD, which is led by a fascist in Thuringia,” it said with regard to the Björn Höcke, head of the AfD in Thuringia, “It’s a pact with right-wing extremists.”
“I expect Thomas #Kemmerich to resign. If he does not do this, #CDU and #FDP must exclude the Thuringian state associations at the federal level, ”tweeted Baerbock.
2/2 I expect from Thomas #Kemmerichthat he resigned. If he doesn’t, we have to #CDU and #FDP exclude the Thuringian state associations at federal level. Otherwise, incompatibility decisions are no longer worth anything.
– Annalena Baerbock (@ABaerbock) February 5, 2020
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Dramatic election day in Thuringia: Left boss throws Kemmerich bouquet of flowers at her feet
2.38 p.m .: Becomes the new Thuringian Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) Find majorities for projects – without the participation of the AfD? In any case, unlike before Election Day, the left seems no longer ready to cooperate with the Liberals.
When asked how left wanted to work with this government, said Left State Chair Susanne Hennig-Wellsow: “There will not be.” Nevertheless, her party would continue to work, although it was not yet clear how. “We as the Left Party will not give up because we will not leave the country to the right.”
Hennig-Wellsow even threw a bouquet of flowers at Kemmerich’s feet as a sign of protest. What had happened in the state parliament was “planned in advance”, she said in the Erfurt state parliament. With a trick and gamble, the FDP is now the head of government. Now “a five percent person” is prime minister, who had been elected to office with the votes of an extreme right-wing party. She was ashamed of Kemmerich.
So attitude goes! @SusanneHennig throws the bouquet at the feet of #Kemmerich that was just elected with the votes of the fascists. Thank you! #Thuringia #MPWahl #fckafd pic.twitter.com/Q6BsQUEo4C
– Chris (@ChrisCldtz) February 5, 2020
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Violent reactions to Thuringian election: “Pact with fascists of the Höcke-AfD”
2.37 p.m .: The top left has stunned the events in Thuringia responding. “The FDP and CDU thus become the stirrup holder of the far-right AfD.” What will now follow is unclear, said party leader Bernd Riexinger, “The elected candidate has no coalition, no government program or government. The signs point to a new election.” Riexinger spoke of a “bitter day for democracy”. The Left-wing MP Katharina König-Preuss tweeted that the FDP and CDU had “made a pact with fascists from the Höcke-AfD”.
The federal SPD was also horrified. “The fact that the liberals give the straw man for the grip of the right-wing extremists to power is a first-rate scandal,” wrote the SPD chairwoman Norbert Walter-Borjans on Wednesday on Twitter. “Nobody can sneak away in the Berlin party headquarters.” Secretary General Lars Klingbeil spoke of a “low point in German post-war history”.
AFD parliamentary faction leader Alexander Gauland saw himself confirmed. “Excluding the AfD does not work,” he said. “The bourgeois forces have prevailed,” he added. Shortly after the state parliament election, Gauland had propagated a “bourgeois” government from the CDU, FDP and AfD. The choice of words caused outrage at the time.
Election bang in Thuringia: Kühnert sees “masks fall”
1:57 p.m .: Juso boss Kevin Kühnert has accused the CDU and FDP of one in the surprising Prime Minister election in Thuringia breaking taboos to have committed. The AfD “have helped to get real power” will forever be associated with these parties, wrote the SPD vice on Wednesday on Twitter. “The masks have fallen.” Now vigilance is the order of the day.
1:52 pm: With Thomas Kemmerich, a previously largely unknown politician unexpectedly steps onto the big stage. More about the new Thuringian Prime Minister find out in a portrait at Merkur.de*.
1:50 p.m .: The SPD ranks stunned. Interior Minister Georg Maier, who is still in office, accuses the FDP of “disregarding the will of voters”. Bodo Ramelow had won a clear majority in the state parliament election.
Ramelow voted out with AfD votes: Mohring reacts curiously – “I didn’t run as a candidate …”
1.39 p.m .: CDU boss Mike Mohring says his party behaved as advertised. “We are not responsible for the voting behavior of other parties,” he emphasizes – in response to the unspoken accusation that the CDU and FDP had them Election of a prime minister with AfD votes accepted. The country was now to be united.
It was “logical”, given two candidates from the Left and AfD for a “Middle candidate“To vote, continues Mohring. If Kemmerich invites to coalition talks, the CDU is open – but one is not available for an alliance with the participation of the AfD. When asked whether a cooperation between Prime Minister Kemmerich and the AfD on individual questions would be justifiable, Mohring responded curiously: “I did not come in so that you could ask these questions to the person who was elected,” he replies.
1:36 p.m .: AFD Group chairman Bjorn Höcke is expressed on the microphone of the TV station n-tv with satisfaction. The AfD’s goal was to “send Bodo Ramelow into well-deserved political retirement,” he explains. “That is why we made this choice today as we did it.”
Unexpected turning point in Thuringia: Weakest parliamentary group provides prime minister – AfD decides choice
1:32 pm: The result will undoubtedly cause heated debates. Thomas Kemmerich is the first German Prime Minister to elected by the AfD in office and dignity is – and that also from the national association of party right wingers Bjorn Höcke,
Another explosive detail: the father of the country is now the previous group leader of the weakest parliamentary group. The FDP had had to fear for days in October to enter the state parliament. The party received 5.0 percent of the vote.
1.30 p.m .: Kemmerich has taken the oath of office and now accepts congratulations – from CDU chief Mike Mohring, but also from Björn Höcke (AfD). However, Kemmerich looks stunned rather than happy.
Prime Minister election Thuringia
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1:29 pm: The result was subsequently submitted: Ramelow received 44 votes, Kemmerich 45.
Gigantic election bang in Thuringia: FDP overthrows Ramelow with AfD votes – horror in the state parliament
1:28 p.m .: There was a big bang: FDP candidate Thomas Kemmerich is with the voices of the AFD been elected Prime Minister. Kemmerich accepts the choice. The AfD is cheering – Kemmerich is initially motionless to take note of the result. Bodo Ramelow shakes her head in amazement.
1:26 p.m .: The count continues. Apparently the committee is now taking it very carefully.
1:20 p.m .: The ballot is over, the votes are counted.
1:15 p.m .: That for some liberals Kemmerich’s candidacy is not a formality, but with an FDP prime minister Supporting the AfD a desirable scenario, the FDP MP Hagen Reinhold seems to make it clear on Twitter. “Really exciting what’s happening in Thuringia. I keep my fingers crossed for Thomas Kemmerich! “, He posts.
Really exciting what is currently in #Thuringia happens. I press @KemmerichThL the thumbs!
– Hagen Reinhold, Member of the Bundestag (@reinholdmdb) February 5, 2020
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The mood is very different Ramelow’s left, The Thuringians Party leader Susanne Hennig-Wellsow was horrified by the starting point for the third ballot, This was “catastrophic,” she said on Wednesday in the state parliament in Erfurt. The fact that Ramelow, FDP parliamentary group leader Thomas Kemmerich and the non-affiliated Christoph Kindervater nominated by the AfD could result in a big “ruse” by the AfD parliamentary group. This can now vote in unison for the FDP candidate.
Thuringia: Decisive ballot is in progress – AfD is now tipping the scales
1:07 p.m .: Now it starts. The deputies walk to the voting booths in alphabetical order. The representatives of the AfD are now tip over the scales. If they vote for Kemmerich, then Bodo Ramelow is voted out of office – and the AfD would, as it were, have given its first prime minister office and dignity.
1:05 p.m .: The final vote is not yet running in Thuringia – because of the new candidates in the third ballot the ballot papers had to be reprinted.
12.52 p.m .: How will the new constellation affect the final round in the Thuringian Prime Minister election impact? Most likely seems that CDU and FDP for the new candidate Thomas Kemmerich vote and AFD such as Red-Red-Green continue to vote for their own candidates. In this case Bodo Ramelow the relative majority of the votes and would be confirmed as Prime Minister. Legal disputes over the result would also be excluded.
There is, however, an unpredictability: Should the AFD have decided the non-party Christoph child father no longer support and vote for Kemmerich, then it would be possible that the FDP leader with the help of right-wing populists Ramelow outperformed. That would be an unexpected turning point – but it would also presuppose that the CDU and FDP actually support Kemmerich in unison. This currently works as a rather theoretical scenario. There is certainty in a few minutes.
Explosive finale in Thuringia: FDP dares new move
12.42 p.m .: The Thuringian Landtag takes action again. And the FDP makes its announcement true: it sends Thomas Kemmerich against Bodo Ramelow in the race. The AfD leaves its candidate Christoph child father in the race.
Common cause? Thomas Kemmerich (left) in conversation with Thuringia’s CDU chief Mike Mohring.
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12.38 p.m .: No matter how third ballot will end: The State government of Thuringia will initially have to work in an unusual constellation – one minority government is still very unusual in Germany. Why there is a particularly special case in Thuringia and which work mode Bodo Ramelow was considering, find out in this overview text at Merkur.de*.
12.22 p.m .: Once again the Thuringian state parliament pauses between the ballots, one 30-minute session break is in progress. It is possible that important decisions are made during the break – the FDP had thought about it in a third ballot Country chief Thomas Kemmerich to send into the race. If this happens, the arithmetic should again swirl violently. AfD and CDU would then be faced with the question of whether they would like to help Kemmerich to become prime minister. Theoretically, they would have the necessary majority in association with the Liberals.
At the same time, the number of abstentions is likely to decrease further in this case. That could also be relevant: Was controversial before election daywhether in this last round it is enough to collect the majority of the candidates’ votes, or whether a majority with abstentions or no votes ends the vote unsuccessfully.
Second ballot in the Thuringian Prime Minister election: Ramelow and child father fail again
12.12 p.m .: The result of second ballot: Falls again Bodo Ramelow by. However, the situation has shifted slightly in his favor. 44 MPs voted for him, one more than in the first round. His counterparty supported by the AfD Christoph child father loses three votes and now apparently only has the 22 AfD representatives behind him. The number of abstentions increased from 22 to 24.
12.08 p.m .: The MPs cast their votes. Now it is counted.
Guesswork about the election of prime minister in Thuringia: CDU surprised by the result
12.02 p.m .: Representatives of the CDU parliamentary group were surprised during the session break that AfD candidate Christoph Kindervater more than the 22 votes of the AfD got. “We are 21 members of the parliamentary group and have abstained – I am assuming that,” said CDU MP Mario Voigt, who is also Vice-Chairman of the Thuringian CDU.
11:58 a.m .: Now it goes in Thuringian state parliament continue with the second ballot. The procedure is the same as in the first round less than an hour ago. Accordingly, a result could be available in around 15 minutes.
Excitement over Prime Minister election in Thuringia: More CDU and FDP votes for AfD candidate than for Ramelow?
11.50 a.m .: The result of the first run of the Thuringian Prime Minister election is expected to cause some excitement on social networks. The focus is less that Ramelow – as expected after the distribution of seats – did not get the required majority Has. Rather, the fact that from among the CDU and FDP factions not represented with their own candidates, apparently more MPs voted for the AfD candidate than for Ramelow. Ramelow probably received an additional voice by Union and Liberals, Christoph Kindervater three,
“From the democratic parties three votes for an AfD candidate for the prime ministerial post. Shame on you, ”tweeted the previous one Left Vice President Halina Wawzyniak, Other users became clearer: “At least three non-AfD MPs have no conscience and followed the AfD election proposal in the first ballot (…),” it said in the posting of an SPD employee.
From the democratic parties three votes for an AfD candidate for the prime ministerial post. Shame on you. #Thuringia
– Halina Wawzyniak (@Halina_Waw) February 5, 2020
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11.28 a.m .: The political groups are now given a break to consult – and possibly also to find “deviants” in their ranks. The AfD has requested a 30-minute session break.
Prime Minister election in Thuringia: Ramelow fails – mystery over bonus votes for leftists and AfD opponents
11:22 am: The result of the first ballot is available: Bodo Ramelow missed success for the time being – very close. Ramelow received 43 votes, 46 would have been needed. However, its red-red-green government actually has only 42 MPs. A member of another parliamentary group must therefore have voted for Ramelow.
However, the other components of the result also have it in them: for that of AFD nominated non-party candidates Christoph child father 25 MPs voted – although the party only has 22 seats. There were also 22 abstentions. All 90 members of the state parliament have thus given valid ballots.
Prime Minister election in Thuringia
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11.07 a.m .: State President Birgit Keller (left) explains the procedure again: the first two rounds of voting are necessary 46 out of a total of 90 votes of deputies, In the third, that is enough simple majority of the votes cast – abstentions are possible. There will be no debate before the election. It starts with the secret vote. The deputies are called individually to voting booths in the Plensarsaal and then to the polls.
11.02 a.m .: The session now begins – is at the center of interest Bodo Ramelow, A cluster of photographers, cameramen and fellow left-wing colleagues who have best wishes has formed around the still-serving Prime Minister. It will be seen in the following hours whether Ramelow will receive another term in office. However, it could take around two hours until a result is known. In any case, Ramelow seems to be doing the best – he even sends kissing hands to the plenary.
Bodo Ramelow before the decisive session in the Thuringian state parliament
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10.55 a.m .: The decisive one starts in a few minutes Meeting in the Thuringian state parliament – The new Prime Minister is elected in the building in the south of the state capital Erfurt. The date could well be turbulent. You can find out which scenarios are conceivable at Merkur.de*.
Thuringia: SPD appalled by FDP ministerial offer – “presumptuousness”
10:34 a.m .: Shortly before the Prime Minister election in Thuringia, the SPD state chairman Wolfgang Tiefensee new Advancements of the FDP rejected. It was about an offer under which the Social Democratic ministers could keep their office under an FDP prime minister. This was “a political dam break” and “presumptuousness”, wrote Tiefensee on Wednesday morning on Twitter. The SPD would neither unite in parliament nor in the government Prime Ministers “at the mercy of the AfD” support.
Tiefensee thus referred to a statement by the Thuringian FDP chairman Thomas Kemmerich, This had the newspaper Free word said, should he be elected head of government, “it would not be necessary to replace all ministers who are still in office, for example those of the SPD”.
Thuringia shortly before the Prime Minister election: Ramelow addresses parliamentary groups
9.50 a.m .: Immediately before Prime Minister election in Thuringia Has Bodo Ramelow appealed to the parliamentary factions’ ability to compromise. “Democrats are conversational and ready to talk. Today it says more democracy and less party book dare! ”wrote the left candidate, who wants to be re-elected, on Wednesday morning on Twitter. He went with great confidence in the Prime Minister election on Wednesday. “My hand is outstretched to try something new,” wrote Ramelow.
Today I go to the Prime Minister election with great confidence. My hand is outstretched to try something new.
Democrats are conversational and ready to talk. Today it means more democracy and less party book!– Bodo Ramelow (@bodoramelow) February 5, 2020
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Thuringia: Ramelow could fall over AfD candidate – Habeck appeals to CDU
Update from February 5, 2020, 9.25 a.m .: Bodo Ramelow (Left) wants to meet again today after his election victory in autumn to be elected Prime Minister of Thuringia to let. But there are uncertainties. In addition to the missing absolute majority of Ramelows red-red-green coalition it is above all the non-party candidate Christoph child father, He could theoretically with the Voices from CDU, AfD and FDP be elected head of government – so the CDU and FDP are not afraid to choose a politician nominated by the AfD.
Top politicians of the Thuringian coalition parties SPD, Greens and Leftists then warned in advance of such a scenario. “If a candidate is elected with the votes of the AfD, this is not an oversight – a fire protection wall has been torn down,” said Greens boss Robert Habeck the Berliner Tagesspiegel, “The CDU has made it clear several times that there can be no cooperation with the AfD. Now she has to Thuringia to prove.”
The parliamentary managing director of the SPD parliamentary group from Thuringia, Carsten Schneidersaid the “Tagesspiegel” with regard to the CDU: “If it has really clarified its relationship with the enemies of democracy, it can not put up a candidate for the post of prime minister with a prospect of success.” The CDU should accept the formation of the minority coalition and opt for constructive collaboration.
The chairman of the left-wing parliamentary group in the Bundestag made a similar statement, Dietmar Bartsch, “I hope that the CDU in Thuringia will assume its national political responsibility,” he told the newspapers of the Funke media group. “I expect that in the election she will behave in such a way that Bodo Ramelow becomes prime minister and that she will then be a constructive opposition in the state parliament and that she will work with the new government on issues that advance Thuringia.”
Election in Thuringia: Before the prime minister election there is trouble – also in the CDU
Update at 2.35 p.m .: How to use the red-red-green minority government to handle correctly? Argue about that before Prime Minister election in Thuringia also CDU politician outside the state. Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein Daniel Günther (CDU) In view of the difficult majority, the Thuringian party colleagues were tolerated: “The answer cannot be that we go stubbornly into the opposition,” he told the newspapers New Berlin editorial company from Tuesday. At the same time Günther warned of a “loss of confidence of people, because they want a stable government “.
The Young Union reacted to Günther’s statements fierce criticism, JU boss Tilman Kuban spoke out to the Bild newspaper against any tolerance of the Left Party. “The Union must never go to Majority procurer of the SED heirs Kuban warned. “We all do well not to give the Thuringian CDU any advice in this difficult situation that contradicts our incompatibility resolution as Germany’s CDU.”
Those who are candidates for the Prime Minister position in Thuringia on Wednesday find out in this article at Merkur.de*.
Showdown in Thuringia: Many imponderables for Ramelow – who will be Prime Minister?
Update 1.35 p.m .: The AFD candidate for the post of Prime Minister of Thuringia, Christoph child father, now wants to personally at the Election in the Erfurt state parliament to be present. He had been able to postpone his business trip in Hesse, the child’s father told the German Press Agency on Tuesday night. Several media had previously reported on it. At first, the independent mayor of Sundhausen had stated that he could not be present in the state parliament on Wednesday because of the business trip.
Preview: who will become Thuringian Prime Minister? Turbulent days for Bodo Ramelow
Erfurt / Munich – The Election of a prime minister is usually more of a routine matter in Germany’s state parliaments: after the state election and the conclusion of the coalition negotiations, the necessary majority for the head of state is usually a matter of form. When in Thuringia on Wednesday Bodo Ramelow However, the situation is somewhat different.
Because Ramelow has – like in the previous legislative period – a red-red-green coalition ready. However, it no longer has a majority. This harbors dangers and explosives for the Prime Minister’s freestyle. Legal issues have been disputed to the last in Thuringia. And even if you choose, there is a lot of work to do on Ramelow.
Ramelow wants to remain prime minister of Thuringia – four votes are missing
Ramelow and his targeted alliance are absent from parliament four votes for a majority, Left, SPD and Greens only come down to 42 of the 90 seats after the SPD and the Greens have lost ground. While Ramelow in the first two ballots one absolute majority needed to be elected as Prime Minister, in the third ballot one is sufficient according to the constitution relative majority, According to a state parliament spokesman, spontaneous candidacies are also possible in this ballot. The withdrawal of an applicant is also conceivable.
Does he get enough votes? Bodo Ramelow in the Thuringian state parliament.
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Opposing candidates for Ramelow: AfD sends non-partisans into the race for the premiership
At least one against candidates there will be: The AfD faction of the right wing Björn Höcke sends the independent volunteer mayor Christoph child father as a candidate in the race. The child’s father already had one with him at the weekend Letter to CDU, FDP and AfD brought into play. According to his own statements, he does not belong to any party, but he described himself as a supporter of the Union of Values - a group of very conservative CDU members.
The CDU does not want to send his own candidate into the race in the first two ballots and then coordinate with the FDP. Party leader Mike Mohring has actually already waved. The Thuringian liberals may want their party leader Thomas Kemmerich send into the race. His faction had been given the mandate by the party council to nominate a candidate in the third ballot if only candidates from the left and the AfD were to be elected, Kemmerich said on Monday evening during a meeting of the Thuringian FDP party council in Erfurt.
Prime Minister Thuringia: It could be exciting in the third ballot
If so it could be exciting in the last ballot: In the past, the Thuringian AfD repeatedly signaled that it would possibly elect a candidate from the CDU or FDP. AfD, CDU and FDP together have 48 out of 90 seats and together would have a majority in the state parliament. The CDU, in particular, had previously asserted no prime minister with the help of the AfD want to get into office.
For Ramelow, an opposing candidate could also bring advantages: At the moment, it is considered legally controversialwhether a single candidate in Thuringia can be elected with more no than yes votes. In the case of at least two candidates, however, the constitution is considered clear: the person who receives the most votes is then chosen.
Prime Minister election in Thuringia: Red-Red-Green fixes coalition agreement, CDU country chief appeals to party friends
At least their internal homework was done by the Left, SPD and Greens shortly before the Prime Minister election: more than three months after the state election in Thuringia, they got theirs on Tuesday Coalition agreement signed, In addition to Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow, SPD state leader Wolfgang Tiefensee and Greens parliamentary group leader Dirk Adams presented the signed contract.
The Schleswig-Holstein head of government Daniel Günther (CDU) appealed to his party’s sense of responsibility. In his view, the CDU should be open to tolerating a minority government with the participation of the left at the state level if necessary. “It has always been part of the core brand of the CDU that, no matter how difficult the situation, we have always assumed responsibility,” said Günther of the Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft. “The answer cannot be that we stubbornly go into the opposition.”
More about Bodo Ramelow and his for an East German left-wing politician You can find out unusual biography at Merkur.de*.
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