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"CDU has embarrassed itself in the best possible way": AfD smiles at the chaos in Thuringia - scandal new edition in view?

2021-07-23T10:24:52.162Z


Another memorable to embarrassing moment threatens the Thuringian state parliament: The AfD stages a vote of no confidence as a “symbol”. The CDU has already "embarrassed itself as best as possible".


Another memorable to embarrassing moment threatens the Thuringian state parliament: The AfD stages a vote of no confidence as a “symbol”.

The CDU has already "embarrassed itself as best as possible".

  • Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) has to face a vote of no confidence by the AfD on Friday.

  • The right-wing populists admit in advance: It's not about Björn Höcke's serious candidacy, but about a "symbol".

  • The center of interest is the CDU - to the horror of the SPD, the Left and the Greens, it wants to boycott the vote.

Erfurt - Thuringia's state politics is staggering from one chaos to another: Parliamentary majorities for Bodo Ramelow's (left) minority government do not seem in sight, the dissolution of the state parliament has burst. Now the Prime Minister also has to face a constructive vote of no confidence by the AfD - with the extreme right-wing Björn Höcke as the opposing candidate.

The state parliament should vote on Friday afternoon.

The procedure has symbolic value at best.

However, it is uncomfortable for (almost) everyone involved: The AfD celebrated a "goal" that had already been achieved before the date.

One of the reasons for this is likely to be the behavior of the CDU *: The parliamentary group wants to boycott the polls.

The official reason is a protest against the drama staged by the right-wing populists.

But critics accuse the Christian Democrats of merely keeping dissenters in check in this way.

"The CDU has embarrassed itself in the best possible way," said the Thuringian AfD member Stefan Möller of the dpa on Friday.

Thuringian CDU under massive criticism: AfD attests "embarrassment", SPD appeals to democrats honor

In view of the majority situation - the AfD has 22 of the 90 parliamentary seats, a vote for Höcke is out of reach - the behavior of the CDU was actually the main focus.

The SPD asked the conservatives around their parliamentary group leader Mario Voigt to change course.

"When a democrat is asked whether an AfDler - and Björn Höcke - should become Prime Minister of Thuringia, there is only one clear answer: No!", Hey said on Friday in Erfurt before the planned vote.

Hey appealed to the Christian Democrats not to stay in their plenary seats as announced, but to "position themselves clearly against Höcke". 

The CDU parliamentary group had announced in advance that it would not take part in the vote - the MPs plan to remain in their seats instead of casting their votes.

For this, the Christian Democrats were sharply criticized, especially by representatives of other parties.

Thuringia: AfD wants to use a vote of no confidence only "symbol" - "means to an end"

Of course, this did not detract from the joy of the AfD *.

She openly admitted it was just a sign.

"The vote of no confidence is not aimed at Bodo Ramelow," said Möller.

The vote is only a "means to an end" to make it clear that it would be easy to vote out the prime minister who does not have a majority.

The subtext: With votes from the AfD.

"In this respect, the vote of no confidence is aimed primarily at the corner of the CDU and, marginally, also in the direction of the FDP," said Möller.

The means provided by the constitution are used “for political reasons”. 

Möller emphasized that his parliamentary group was not naive and knew that an absolute majority could not be achieved in the vote.

“Of course it's a symbol, what else should it be?” Said the 46-year-old.

The goal has long been achieved.

“The tuning is basically just the afterglow,” he explained.

Thuringia: AfD staged a vote of no confidence - right-wing populists hoped for a new edition of the big scandal

The AfD politician indirectly indicated that his parliamentary group would have liked to see a new edition of the prime ministerial scandal from spring 2020.

At that time, the FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich was elected head of government with votes from the AfD * - to the horror of large parts of the political landscape, including Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).

The Federal Constitutional Court was the last to deal with your statements.

He would have preferred the CDU to put up its own candidate, said Möller.

He assumes that the AfD parliamentary group would then have elected him.

The Thuringian state policy is in a serious crisis. Ramelow's red-red-green coalition does not have a majority of its own in the state parliament. At the same time, the CDU has let a “stability pact” expire and has declared the coalition's deselection to be its goal. However, the parties could not agree on a joint dissolution of parliament - also due to dissenters from the ranks of the CDU *. Since no majorities are possible without the participation of the Left or the AfD, the country is threatened with incapacity to act. (

fn / dpa

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Source: merkur

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