The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is right
AfD youth fails with lawsuit – secured right-wing extremist
February 6, 2024, 11:18 a.m
Months ago, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the Junge Alternative as “certainly extremist”. The AfD immediately takes legal action against the assessment – and now fails. The court ruled that the suspected case had become “certainty”.
According to a decision by the Cologne Administrative Court, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution can classify the AfD youth organization as a “secure extremist effort”. The court said that evidence of anti-constitutional efforts by the Junge Alternative (JA) had become “certain” since a previous ruling regarding the classification as a suspected case. The administrative court rejected an urgent application from the AfD and its youth organization.
In 2019, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution initially classified the JA as a suspected case of right-wing extremism, and in 2023 it was classified as a confirmed right-wing extremist effort. The AfD and the JA sued against it. The court now rejected this in an expedited procedure.
As justification, the court stated that the JA adheres to a “national concept of ethnicity”. A central political idea of the JA is the “preservation of the German people in their ethnic existence”. The court found that this constituted a violation of human dignity.
YES massively xenophobic
In addition, the administrative court found massive xenophobic agitation by the JA, which was particularly directed against Islam and Muslims. Asylum seekers and migrants are generally suspected and disparaged. The court also explained that immigrants were described as “parasites and criminals”.
The JA continues to agitate against the principle of democracy at federal, state and district levels. This is expressed, for example, in equating the Federal Republic with dictatorial regimes, in particular the Nazi regime and the GDR. The JA also has contacts with associations that are classified as anti-constitutional, such as the Identitarian Movement. A complaint can be lodged against the decision with the North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Administrative Court in Münster.