Summary
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party voted to replace its youth wing, “Young Alternative” (JA), with a new organization under tighter party control.
The decision follows Germany’s intelligence service classifying the JA as a confirmed extremist group in 2023.
The new group, tentatively named “Patriotic Youth,” will require closer alignment with party principles. AfD leaders hope the change protects the party from reputational risks and potential bans.
The AfD, polling at 20-22% for February’s election, remains controversial due to Germany’s historical aversion to far-right governance.
The AfD, polling at 20-22% for February’s election, remains controversial due to Germany’s historical aversion to far-right governance.
Nice words to say: Nazis are about to make Germany Nazi-Germany again.
JA sounds like a Nazi group. “Patriotische Jugend” very much also sounds like a nazi group. Nice to see them stay on brand.
I assume the JA is gonna go independent. Great. A new, well-funded group of far-right extremists is exactly what we need.
This happened in Sweden as well, and has worked quite well for SD, sadly. The dropped youth group had some more openly radicals in it, hence dropped by SD. They started a new party (AfS, Alternativ för Sverige) with a little more radical policies. SD then could use AfS to gauge the acceptance of more radical policies without having to lose face. “Can we start saying replacement theory stuff yet? How did that work for AfS?”, “Can we go for mass deportations now? AfS has laid the ground work there already”.
Nazi youth
What are we calling 'em this time? The Weideljugend?
Höckejugend, so the abbrevation is also historically on brand.
Sure, let’s go with that. These fascist fucks aren’t exactly subtle.
And I thought they were going to name it Höcke Jugend
Germany’s historical aversion to far-right governance.
Well, that’s one way to describe it I guess…
