Extremism - NRW Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Junge Alternative is a suspected case
The North Rhine-Westphalian Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the youth organization of the AfD, Junge Alternative (JA), in NRW as a suspected right-wing extremist organization. "There are strong indications that the Junge Alternative does not play by democratic rules, but prefers its own right-wing extremist set of rules," announced Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) on Tuesday. The NRW Office for the Protection of the Constitution is therefore monitoring the Junge Alternative from now on.
According to Reul, right-wing extremist positions have become dominant among the Junge Alternative in NRW in recent years. There is "extensive cooperation with numerous actors of the right-wing extremist movement of the New Right". Young AfD members in NRW are promoting the "Identitarian Movement" and its successor organizations on social media, for example. In addition, people with a right-wing extremist biography are active in the JA NRW.
The state association of the Junge Alternative in NRW has ideologically aligned with the political course of the federal association of the JA since 2019, the Interior Minister continued. This is characterized by a "national-ethnic understanding of the people and xenophobia". JA NRW also represents positions that violate the guarantee of human dignity.
In the event of a suspected case, there are "sufficiently weighty factual indications" of anti-constitutional aspirations. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution can then evaluate and store personal data and, under strict conditions, use intelligence service means, such as surveillance or recruiting informants.
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Source: www.stern.de
