It is really remarkable, since ARD is virtually owned and controlled by the government and this might be his longest interview so far. Furthermore he appeated quite often in the german, virtually owned, government media in the last year, since covid hit. Why is germany so important to him?

You can watch it, even if you don't speak german. They haven't spoken over Bill Gates, instead they've written german subtitles. You won't understand the questions by the inteviwer tho, but that doesn't matter, since you can figure the question out based of the answer he gives.