Mike Mohring of the Christian Democratic Union arrives for a party leadership meeting in Berlin, Germany, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Free Democrats (FDP) will initiate a motion seeking to dissolve the regional assembly in Thuringia, a party source said on Thursday, after one of its lawmakers was elected premier of the eastern state with help from a far-right party.
German media reported that Thomas Kemmerich, a little-known FDP lawmaker, was set to step down after becoming the first state premier elected with the support of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Reporting by Holger Hansen; Writing by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Thomas Seythal
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