AfD Thuringia's top candidate, Björn Höcke, will be allowed to compete in a TV duel for 45 minutes with the CDU Thuringian's top candidates on April 11th at 8:15 p.m. The International Auschwitz Committee, Christoph Heubner, had warned in the “Tagesschau’: “The decision of the Thurringian CDU chairman to allow one of the best-known figureheads of right-wing extremist agitation in Europe seems politically completely devoid of instinct and macabre to survivors of the Holocaust” Welt TV editor-in-chief Jan Philipp Burgard takes the criticism seriously, he said in an interview with our editorial team.
“We carefully considered whether we should host this TV duel. Ignoring the AfD has so far achieved nothing. The viewers to find out what it would mean if right- wing extremists were given responsibility,” Burgard said. The format of the duel is direct, says Markus Söder, AfD leader to the CSU.