Thuringia's Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group leader Bjoern Hoecke speaks during an event at Oranienburg Palace. Britta Pedersen/dpa
The controversial firebrand leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Thuringia will soon face criminal incitement charges after a committee of state lawmakers voted to strip him of his parliamentary immunity on Friday, sources told dpa. Three AfD deputies were the only members of the committee to vote against lifting Björn Höcke's immunity, sources in the legislature told dpa. Höcke himself acknowledged it in a social media post in which he claimed he was being targeted for expressing the "wrong opinion" and "questioning the ruling class." Prosecutors...
