Thuringian CDU leader Mario Voigt had a heated exchange of blows with AfD right-winger Björn Höcke. The two top candidates for the state elections in Thuringia in September accused each other of damaging Germany and the German economy.
They also attacked each other personally. “You are poison for the country that is my home,” VoigT accused the AfD politician, who is considered a right-wing extremist by the state Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The TV duel lasted significantly longer than the 45 minutes originally scheduled - i.e. the commemoration of German crimes and the Holocaust during the Nazi era.. At times there was confusion and arguments: MarioVoigt (CDU) and AfD state leader BjörN HöCke made accusations against each other in their television duel. The duel was moderated by the two world journalists Tatjana Ohm and editor-in-chief Jan Philipp Burgard.