Overview
- AfD deputy Kay Gottschalk said the federal board’s hotel booking and the event caterer were canceled for the planned founding assembly.
- Gottschalk claimed the vendors had been under pressure but did not say by whom, and the party is seeking replacements.
- The AfD plans to found a successor youth organization at Messe Gießen, likely called Generation Deutschland, with nearly 1,000 registrations reported.
- Hessian police are planning a large deployment as protest groups, including Bündnis Widersetzen, announce sit‑ins and some organizers forecast tens of thousands of opponents.
- The prior youth wing, Junge Alternative, was dissolved after the domestic intelligence service classified it as an extremist endeavor, and the new body is intended to be closely tied to the party.