[HIGHLIGHTS] CDU man Voigt goes into a duel with AfD extremist Höcke: Political scientist sees “dilemma” – Söder’s judgment is clear

Björn Höcke is the first AfD politician to compete in a TV duel. The right-wing AfD man is running against the CDU top candidate Mario Voigt.

One concern is that a man from the far right will get a stage on which he can continue to make his slogans socially acceptable. A political scientist underlines this danger. Nevertheless, he believes the confrontation is necessary. The duel will take place on Thursday evening (April 11th, 8:15 p.m.) on the private broadcaster Welt polarized. The reason for the television duel was a discussion between the Thuringian CDU leaderVoigt and HöCke on X (formerly Twitter) in January, in which both argued about European issues. They came to the conclusion that the debate could also be held in front of cameras. “AfD politicians sit on political talk shows every week. They have long since had their stage on social networks, where they spread their slogans unchallenged,” said Christian Herrgott, CDU general secretary.