Right-wing extremist AfD politician Björn Höcke and the Thuringian CDU top candidate Mario Voigt faced off in a TV duel. Both sides declared themselves the winners of the duel after the broadcast on the private broadcaster Welt-TV.
The moderators ensured the decisive moment of the encounter was the confrontation with HöCke over passages from his book. The big stage was a risk for the broadcaster, but ultimately those responsible should be satisfied with the result, says Hö cke's former aide, Hans-Joachim Schmitz. Hölke's reinterpretation of the term "remigration", which describes the expulsion or expulsion of millions of people with a migration background, was striking, says Schmitzer. He also claims that “German’ anti-Semitism is low compared to that of those with a migrant background be. In fact, the prices for many forms of energy are now back to the level before the start of the Ukraine war, he says.