Overview
- Kay Gottschalk says Beatrix von Storch hit him with an open hand on the forehead during an AfD parliamentary group session.
- Participants’ accounts differ, and no independent clarification or legal assessment has been presented.
- There are no published video recordings of the alleged incident and no announced disciplinary or criminal steps.
- Reader reaction highlighted by FOCUS online ranges from mockery and skepticism to firm, preexisting political views.
- Some commenters urge a serious internal review regardless of party sympathies, while others say the episode will not affect their vote.