“Totally loving”: When Söder explains the flat Ricarda Lang joke, Miosga snorts. When the CSU leader defends his sayings against the party leader, the moderator almost loses faith.

“Have you ever considered hiring a new gag writer?” she asked provocatively. However, the Bavarian Prime Minister was less rough and more imprecise when it came to another topic from the Chancellor: An unconventional question about his reserve.