Thuringia quake: Slomka drills at Kemmerich - then a revealing sentence falls

ZDF- “heute journal“: Naivety or power calculation? A single sentence from Prime Minister Kemmerich - possibly a slip of the tongue - seems to debunk the truth.

• The newly elected Thuringian Prime Minister Thomas Kemmerich answered the questions in the ZDF “today journal” .
• In the interview, moderator Marietta Slomka grilled him because he was elected by the AfD.
• Then Kemmerich made a fateful sentence.

Prime Minister Kemmerich in the ZDF “today journal” - he presents himself concentrated and prudent

Mainz / Erfurt - The completely surprising election of Thomas Kemmerich (54) as Prime Minister in Thuringia triggered a tremendous quake in Germany. With the votes of the AfD , the liberal, who had previously led the smallest faction in the state parliament *, was put into office. In the evening, the FDP politician was then "grilled" in the "Today Journal" by presenter Marietta Slomka.

Slomka, who is considered one of the most energetic interviewers on German television, did more than six minutes. She wanted to know Kemmerich's real motives - was his choice tactics or naivety? Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the election in Thuringia on Thursday, and at the same time made a drastic demand.

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Thomas Kemmerich * seemed to have carefully prepared for the demanding conversation in front of an audience of millions. The FDP man answered calmly and objectively to the critical questions. Again and again he started his sentences with "Mrs. Slomka" - that sounded almost admonishing. But just as he could not prevent Marietta Slomka's boring inquiries, he was unable to do anything about the extremely critical comments in the ARD “Tagesthemen” and the ZDF “Today Journal”. And the election fiasco has already made itself felt for the FDP in a recent Forsa survey.

With Marietta Slomka, however, Kemmerich tried to portray himself as a sensible force of the democratic center - even though he was dependent on the votes of Björn Höcke and his parliamentary group on the right-wing AfD. This fact led FDP boss Christian Lindner to take personal consequences on Thursday. He wants to ask the question of trust at a special meeting of the party executive.

But even if Kemmerich was so concentrated in the ZDF interview, he ultimately afforded a slip of the tongue - or rather a revealing sentence.

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Dialogue on ZDF- “heute journal” - Slomka continues: “Wait! Did I understand you correctly?!"

Slomka: "Didn't you suspect what was going to happen to you? Namely, that the AfD uses this opportunity. Before that there were explicit warnings! "

Kemmerich: “We discussed in great detail in the party committees to offer this candidacy against left and right candidacies to the democratic center. And we had to expect that this would happen. We will now make a policy against AfD, also against left-wing radicalist demands, expropriation fantasies ... "

Slomka: "Wait a minute! Did I understand you correctly?! Did you expect that to happen? That means you weren't surprised? That's why you had already prepared a speech ?! "

Kemmerich: "No. I did not prepare the speech. Ms. Slomka, you needn't try to put this in my mouth now. I faced a democratic choice. (...) "

Slomka: "That means: you deliberately went into this situation? Again, so that we can simply clarify this: It was not naivety now, but you suspected that the AfD would do it like this? "

Kemmerich: "Ms. Slomka ... No, I didn't assume that."

Slomka: "Not really? I mean, it was just obvious ... "

Kemmerich: “Ms. Slomka, we have been discussing for days how the election of a prime minister can take place. In extreme cases with a yes vote. I have not ... There is no offer, there will be no AfD policy. I stand by that. And you can measure yourself against that. ”

Exposing slip of Kemmerich in the "Today Journal"? The scene is also noticeable to spectators

Spectators have also noticed Kemmerich's seemingly unmasking “slip of the tongue”. "Thomas #Kemmerich says loudly and clearly in the #heutejournal that he was counting on the votes of the AfD. A few seconds later he says that Marietta Slomka shouldn't put that in his mouth, ”writes a Twitter user.

Many praise Slomka for asking: “Thanks and respect to Marietta Slomka. As Kemmerich first said, they expected it to happen and then simply said no in the next answer. Unbelievable."

Thomas #Kemmerich says loudly and clearly in the #heutejournal that he was counting on the votes of the AfD. A few seconds later, he says that Marietta Slomka shouldn't put that in his mouth. #Thuringia

The election of the FDP prime minister also caused bewilderment and horror in the national and international press. Read the Merkur.de * commentary on the election hammer in Thuringia.

On Thursday it was also announced that the actual AfD candidate for the Thuringian Prime Minister election,

now resigns as mayor of his home town

, After the scandal in Thuringia, leading federal politicians quickly made it clear that they principally ruled out cooperation with the AfD. A poll now revealed that voters of the

FDP surprisingly see it differently.

In Munich, a previously unknown person made three FDP posters disappear. The police investigated, as * Merkur.de reports.

After the outrage over the Thuringian election, Thomas Kemmerich announced his resignation. The FDP politician can now count on this income. Read how FDP boss Christian Lindner and Kemmerich want to proceed in the Thuringian election scandal at Merkur.de *.

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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network