AfD in Thuringia failed on Friday, August 28, 2026, with a constructive vote of no confidence against state premier Mario Voigt from the CDU. In the state parliament in Erfurt, 49 deputies voted against the AfD faction's proposal, so Voigt remained in office. n-tv ↗
The proposal was submitted by AfD after Voigt was stripped of his doctoral degree. Björn Höcke, head of the Thuringian AfD faction, came forward as a candidate to replace him. According to available information, this was already the second unsuccessful attempt for Höcke to use a vote of no confidence against Voigt this year. Tagesspiegel ↗
After the vote, Voigt declared that he perceived the result as a strengthening of his position and the coalition. AfD, on the other hand, failed to achieve its goal of taking over the leadership of the government in Thuringia, although it once again attempted to combine criticism of the premier with a parliamentary vote on his removal. Deutschlandfunk ↗
The repeated attempt by AfD raises the question in Thuringia of how often Höcke and his faction can politically exploit similar procedures. Voigt's government continues for now, but the vote shows that the conflict between the CDU and AfD in the Thuringian state parliament remains one of the main axes of local politics.
AfD Failed in Attempt to Remove Voigt in Thuringia
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Thüringer Landtag: Misstrauensantrag: Kann Höcke ständig gegen Voigt antreten?
Die Zeit
| 11:33 28.08.
Thüringer Landtag: Voigt sieht sich durch Ergebnis gestärkt
Die Zeit
| 11:24 28.08.
Höcke kein Thüringen-Chef: AfD scheitert mit Misstrauensvotum gegen Voigt
n-tv
| 11:19 28.08.
Höcke trat als Kandidat an: AfD scheitert in Thüringen mit Misstrauensvotum gegen Voigt
Tagesspiegel
| 10:20 28.08.
Erfurt - AfD scheitert mit Misstrauensvotum gegen Ministerpräsident Voigt
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| 11:05 28.08.
„Werde mich nicht klein machen lassen“ – AfD scheitert in Thüringen mit Misstrauensvotum gegen Voigt
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