and fdp got 5%.sumed the left‘s leader would continue as state premier. but no. he lost that by one vote. defeated by the fdp's thomas kemmerich — who only won because the far fight afd suppored him. this is the memorable response of the leader of die linke in the state parliament yesterday. she through a bouquet of flowers at mr kemmerich‘s feet. there have been protests in a number of cities. the editor of the tabloid bild said tweet @ronzheimer "our page one on a day when fascists elected an fdp man as prime minister." its headline says "handshake of shame" and this is angela merkel‘s reaction. it was a bad day for democracy it was a day and he with the values and the lease everything must be done to make it clear that what we believe and cannot be associated with that. we believe and cannot be associated with it. legal work on this end of the next few days. legal work on this end of the angela merkel also called the pact "unforgivable". this is the reaction to that from afd in the national parlia

he needed them as the fdp only took 5% in last year's state elections.aying out ever since. where annegret kramp—karrenbauer comes in is that members of her cdu party voted alongside the afd to pick mr kemmerich — that broke with a long—standing policy of not voting in synch with the far right. here's annegret kramp—karrenbauer again. they stay translation: a move against the empty translation: a move against the em pty wea ke ns translation: a move against the empty weakens a cdu. i stand for a cdu that could he rejects a ny i stand for a cdu that could he rejects any form of direct or indirect conversation with the afd. they have underlined this today. but let's be clear, annagret kramp—karrenbauer‘s inability to control a regional branch of her party is not the only reason she's going. the pressure's been building. here's bbc‘s damien mcguinness in berlin. one of them were a series of off coloured jokes about tra nsgender people, presumably in order to cater to her conservative base. those went down badly with voters though. the main gaffe was the rea

triggered by a cdu politician's decision to cooperate with the far-right party and the pro-business fdp. this was against the wishes of the cdu national leadership and was seen as political taboo in germany. >> what we learned from what happened is the powers within the cdu want to move the party to the political rate. the backlash has been so massive a party is now taking this very seriously. >> if the cdu does move further to the right, that could threaten angela merkel's coalition government. members of parliament are appealing for calm. >> a leadership battle in the party is surely something thatt is not helpful right now, but we members of parliamament will continue to provide stability. >> this governing coalition is able and willing to work. it has been a tough couple of months for the social democrats, but i do not one-time make the job anymore difficult for the cdu at the moment. >> now, will most likely be up to chancellor merkel to resolve the crisis. her government cannot afford such turmoil when it takes over the presidency of the european union. brent: the world health org