Wagenknecht calls on AfD leader Höcke to have a public debate

After Thuringia's AfD leader Björn Höcke offered to help her become Prime Minister there, BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht once again called on Höcke to have a direct public debate. In a video message published on Sunday evening on the online service

“We should talk about my proposal for a non-partisan prime minister, which you now also think is good,” asked BSW founder Höcke. Ultimately, Thuringia needs “a new head of government who is credible and will put an end to the firewall madness.” In order to discuss this, the Thuringian AfD leader should take heart. “You of all people, who place so much value on masculinity, certainly don’t want to look like a coward,” Wagenknecht concluded her video message.

Höcke intervened in the BSW-internal dispute in Thuringia on Thursday: The AfD state leader demanded that she should be elected prime minister of the state with the help of the AfD. “My group and I are ready to clear the way for you to do this,” explained Höcke in Erfurt. "Let's write political history and tear down the firewall in Thuringia together. Not sometime after the election in Saxony-Anhalt, but right now."