US EditionThousands of protesters gather as German right-wing party sets up new youth organization
The AfD formed Generation Germany to replace its dissolved youth wing amid protests involving up to 50,000 demonstrators and deployment of 5,000 police officers, officials said.
- On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Giessen as the Alternative for Germany prepared to set up a new youth organization at Giessen's convention center.
- After dissolving the Young Alternative at the end of March, AfD moved to form Generation Germany, seeking closer oversight following its predecessor's extremist classification by Germany's domestic intelligence agency.
- Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around Giessen, city of some 93,000 people, in the early morning, and police used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location.
- AfD's rising poll numbers come as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition struggles to impress voters; the party finished second in the February national election with over 20% of the vote and is now the biggest opposition.
- It is typical for German parties to have youth wings, which tend to be more radical, and AfD's 2017 national parliament entry on migration issues means its new youth group could reshape mobilisation in recent years.
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The AfD in Giessen has founded its new youth organization called Generation Germany (GD).
The extreme Right Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) established a new youth organization called Generation Deutschland (German Generation, GD, n.r.) at a congress during which there was massive protests, marked by...
In the German town of Giessen, police deployed water cannons, among other things. Protesters attempted to disrupt the founding congress by setting up roadblocks.
Since early this morning, protesters have flocked to the German city of Giessen, where the AfD has launched their new youth organization at a conference.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has condemned groups of protesters in the city of Giessen for their violence. "I have great respect for the police, who are once again confronted with disguised, chaotic individuals, people with flares or pyrotechnic flares attacking officers." Chancellor Friedrich Merz also expressed his anger at the unrest by extremists on both the left and right at a meeting of his CDU party.
The creation of "Generation Germany", the new youth organization of the ultra-right-wing Alternative Party for Germany (AfD), launched today in the city of...
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