i did. here it is again. Good luck finding an english report.
Thomas Kemmerich wurde mit Hilfe der AfD-Stimmen zum Ministerpräsidenten von Thüringen gewählt. Sowas rückgängig machen – ist das demokratisch?
daserste.ndr.de
Das Erste is as mainstream as it gets, publicly-funded by mandatory citizen-payments, like the BBC. So not linking you any fringe 'far-right' things.
In short: after the Landtag-vote (vote for Regional Chief from parliament members) Thomas Kemerich (FDP) was forced to resign his newly-won position as Minister-President of Thüringen (a region of 2m people) because Merkel put pressure on his party via her much more powerful CDU.
The official reason is because AfD members voted for Kemerich rather than their own candidate as he had an actual chance of winning (Kemerich is Right-of-Centre, and specifically somewhat anti-Left). This isn't against any democratic rules, but the establishment see it as a
faux pas as AfD are
persona non grata...i.e. no-one among the establishment should have anything to do with them.
This however isn't a problem when other parties do it. Which proved to be the case as the vote was re-run without Kemerich and Merkel's favoured establishment Left-party candidate Bodo Ramelow won...and he remains Minister-President today...a CDU-supported Lefty in a region which voted AfD more than any other party.
Not very democratic, is it?
Would be a major newsflashing scandal if someone like an Orban or Boris did similar.
Fascism...it seems...is in the eye of the beholder. To my eyes, that event is probably the most fascistic political event Germany has seen since the Wall came down.
But barely anyone knows about it...yet everyone seems convinced the AfD are 'far-right nazi scum'.
Interesting times.
