Overview
- Delegates formally founded Generation Germany in Giessen and elected 28-year-old Brandenburg lawmaker Jean-Pascal Hohm as chair, with reports of a roughly 90% vote share.
- The new organization is tightly integrated into the AfD, limited to party members under 36, and subject to party disciplinary rules under a statute adopted at the meeting.
- Police estimated 25,000 to 30,000 demonstrators gathered, delaying the congress by more than two hours, with officers using pepper spray and water cannons and reporting 10 to 15 slight injuries.
- Authorities confirmed an AfD lawmaker was injured near Giessen, as thousands of officers were deployed to manage road blockades and sporadic clashes.
- Generation Germany replaces the dissolved Junge Alternative, previously classified as extremist by domestic intelligence, while experts doubt the rebrand signals real moderation even as AfD frames it as a training ground for future leaders.