FDP leader Kemmerich before the Thuringia election about “eco-radical Greens” and “mistakes in dealing with the AfD’s rise to fame. He sees AfD's rise as being due to weak traffic lights, but also to the incorrect handling of the media.

FDP leader rules out collaboration with leftists and ‘eco- radical’ Greens. He wants a German coalition with the CDU and the SPD do not want any cooperation with the right and the eco-radical Thuringian Greens.