[HIGHLIGHTS] “Höcke has difficulty looking at his counterpart”: What a body language expert reads in a TV duel

Right-wing extremist Björn Höcke and CDU state leader Mario Voigt in the Thuringian state elections. Body language expert Stefan Verra analyzed the body language of the two candidates.

HöCke addressed “dissatisfied people” with his body language, Verra says. VoigT showed very calm body language - but also repeatedly broke into a slight smile while listening to his opponent. It’s a “thin line” where he in turn scares the audience away, says Verra. “He actually has to be careful that this excessive security doesn’t end up in saturation in self-confidence,” says the expert.. Was the TV duel against Björns Hölke a good idea for Mario VoIGt? Opinions differ. A body language expert explains abnormalities of a different kind. The AfD politicians were “posed” in a TV duel – or does the large television election campaign stage, which is now almost traditional in Germany, only promote the normalization of extremist positions?