Overview
- The AfD has applied to the EUIPO and DPMA for trademarks on four stylized blue eagle logos each paired with a different youth wing name.
- The German Patent and Trademark Office confirmed receipt of the filings while EUIPO records show submissions between July 15 and 18.
- Radical figures including Identitäre Bewegung leader Martin Sellner and former Junge Alternative officials have publicly praised the proposed eagle design.
- Party insiders are contesting name options such as "Patriotische Jugend" and "DeutschlandJugend" over fears of extremist associations.
- The new organization is set to replace the self-dissolved Junge Alternative and give the AfD tighter control over its youth wing at a convention in Gießen on November 29–30.