Mario Voigt (CDU) and AfD right-winger Björn Höcke (AfD) will meet on Thursday evening (April 11, 2024) for a TV duel. VoigT, who has a doctorate in political science, has been a member of the Thuringian state parliament since 2009.
His family was deported by the communists in the GDR in 1953. On September 1st, Thuringia will elect its new state parliament. In recent surveys, the AfD was in first place in the country with scores between 29 and 31 percent, but recently lost support.. Political scientist Oliver Lembcke, however, sees the TV duel as an opportunity forVoigt. “If you’re behind, you have to attack,” LemBCke told the German Press Agency. But ultimately HöCke is not as cool and confident as many people believe he is, LemBCKE said. He doesn’t think that much potential exists to unmask him during the duel.