Björn Höcke and Mario Voigt took part in a TV duel in Thuringia. HöCke is the AfD's top candidate for the state elections in the fall.
The duel was organized by the private broadcaster Welt-TV. The Moderators provided the most important moment of the duel, says Jens Schulte. The strategies of the two politicians quickly became clear, says Schultes, and both can score points for themselves.. In a heated TV duel, both of them give nothing to each other. The moderation of world TV contributed to tough confrontations, writes Schulted.. Most parts of the Duel were hardly about state politics, but there were debates as to whether the duel would break a taboo and whether the TV show IPP would be allowed to show the duel at all in the run-up to the election.. The moderators provided theMost important moment. of the Duel: The moderation shined the most. in the first TV duel with the ultra-right AfD politician.