AfD and BSW boss before TV duel: Weidel sees no reason to argue

Tagesspiegel AfD and BSW boss before TV duel: Weidel sees no reason to argue 15 hours • 2 minutes reading time A TV duel is planned for Wednesday evening between AfD boss Weidel and BSW chairwoman Wagenknecht. Weidel says that solutions must be discussed across camps. Wagenknecht is counting on a substantive debate. Sahra Wagenknecht, party chairwoman of the BSW and Alice Weidel, federal chairwoman of the AfD. AfD boss Alice Weidel says she is not looking for an argument in the planned TV duel with party founder Sahra Wagenknecht. "I don't think there is any reason to be confrontational in any way," said Weidel when asked whether she thought the duel with Wagenknecht would be more confrontational or cozy. "I believe that you have to deal fairly with every political competitor." The problems in Germany can no longer be solved if solutions are not discussed across camps. "You can only come to a holistic solution, across all camps, by finally talking to each other and not somehow covering yourself with strange firewalls and ban applications," said Weidel. Wagenknecht: Dealing with the AfD on content When asked about the planned TV duel, Wagenknecht also said: "I think it is sensible and right to deal with the AfD on content." She is confident that she will argue objectively with Weidel and that "the differences will perhaps also become clearer for many voters." You are doing the AfD a favor by avoiding the debate. The motion in the Bundestag for an AfD ban procedure is "the stupidest motion of this year, perhaps the stupidest motion of this legislative period," said the chairwoman of the alliance, Sahra Wagenknecht. The two women will appear on Wednesday evening (6 p.m.) in a joint live broadcast on Welt TV. According to the broadcaster, the topics will be migration, economic and social policy, as well as the war in Ukraine and the Middle East conflict. Wagenknecht originally described her party as a "serious offer" for those who vote for the AfD out of protest. For some time now, she has been arguing that people should not reflexively reject anything that comes from the AfD. The party needs to be dealt with differently. (dpa)