11 September 2024, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Anna Sprockhoff (l-r), deputy editor-in-chief of the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ), Henry Lohmar, editor-in-chief of the MAZ, and the leading party candidates for the Brandenburg state elections Peter Vida (BVB/Freie Wähler), Jan Redmann (CDU), Antje Töpfer (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Dennis Hohloch, Parliamentary Secretary of the Brandenburg AfD parliamentary group representing the AfD's lead candidate Berndt, Zyon Braun (FDP), Robert Crumbach (Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht/BSW), Sebastian Walter (Die Linke), and Dietmar Woidke (SPD), stand next to each other at the start of a discussion event in the Havel Hall of the Potsdam Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK). Ina Hänsel, IHK President, stands on the right. The election talk is organized by the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ). Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa