Right-wing AFD party intends to establish a new youth faction in Gießen
Germany's AfD to Launch New Youth Organization in Gießen
Germany's far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), is set to found a new youth organization in the city of Gießen at the end of November 2025. This move comes after the dissolution of their previous youth wing, Junge Alternative (JA), in March 2025 due to concerns over its right-wing extremist classification by German intelligence agencies.
The new group aims to have a closer organizational link to the AfD party itself. The city of Gießen, located in the state of Hessen, has confirmed the planned AfD founding event. At least two registered protests against the event have already been reported, and local authorities are in ongoing dialogue with security services to monitor and prepare for potential disturbances.
Jean-Pascal Hohm, an AfD member in the Brandenburg state parliament—who, along with several colleagues, is classified as right-wing extremist by Germany’s domestic intelligence—is being considered as the head of this new youth organization. René Springer, Brandenburg AfD state chairman and member of the Bundestag, has spoken in favour of Hohm leading the new group.
The founding assembly for the new organization is scheduled for November 29 and 30 in Gießen, where the board, name, and logo will be elected. Unlike the JA, which was largely an independent association, the new organization will be more closely connected to the AfD. The JA dissolved itself at the end of March following a party congress decision by the AfD.
The focus of the new youth organization appears to be on consolidating party control over youth activities and distancing the new group from the past controversies of the JA. The exact agenda and election plans beyond the board election at the founding meeting have not yet been published.
The event will take place in the exhibition hall in Gießen, according to the city's confirmation. The founding of the new youth organization in Gießen contrasts with the previously classified and dissolved Young Alternative, which was an independent far-right youth party.
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The Community Policy and General-News in Gießen should follow closely as Germany's AfD, after disbanding its former youth wing, aims to establish a new youth organization with a closer link to the party itself, following the approval of their founding event by local authorities. The politics surrounding this move will be heavily influenced by the potential disturbances the new organization may face, given the right-wing political leanings of its proposed leader, Jean-Pascal Hohm, who is reportedly under scrutiny by Germany’s domestic intelligence. [Source 1, Source 2]
Employment Policy, in light of the upcoming founding assembly for the new organization, will likely be a topic of interest, considering the previous controversies and dissolution of the former youth wing, Junge Alternative. The exact goals and plans of the new group beyond the board election at the founding meeting remain unclear at present. [Source 2]
