AfD's Youth Wing 'Generation Deutschland' Deepens Far-Right Ideology Under Jean-Pascal Hohm

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has officially launched a new youth organization called 'Generation Deutschland' in the city of Gießen, signaling a further institutionalization and radicalization of its young members. This newly founded group replaces the disbanded Junge Alternative, with AfD leadership aiming to exert tighter control over the youth faction to strengthen the party's far-right influence.

Prominent AfD figure Björn Höcke attended the founding event, which attracted mainly young men with far-right aesthetics, alongside older attendants dressed in traditional conservative attire. Notably absent were women, underscoring the organization’s male-dominated demographic. The new youth wing explicitly promotes right-extremist ideology, positioning itself as a vanguard for cultural battles on social media and street-level activism aimed at deepening the party's radical narrative.

Alice Weidel, chairwoman of the AfD, criticized antifascist protests as undemocratic and denounced how the media portrays the party, endorsing the youth wing's radical stance. The party mandates that members of 'Generation Deutschland' must also be AfD members, ensuring party disciplinary authority.

Jean-Pascal Hohm, a 28-year-old state parliamentarian from Cottbus with over a decade of involvement in the AfD, was elected as the chairman with 90.4% of the vote at the founding assembly, where he ran uncontested. Hohm embodies the AfD's ideal party functionary: radical, disciplined, and fully embedded within the party’s structure. He openly supports the Identitarian Movement and espouses a völkisch ideology, highlighting fears of Germans becoming a minority in their own country. His leadership reflects a clear professionalization of the youth organization's function, aligning with far-right extremist networks and maintaining ideological continuity despite attempts to moderate the group's public image.

This development demonstrates the AfD's strategic move to cultivate a new generation of functionaries who can further its far-right agenda across Germany, consolidating its influence through a youth cadre loyal to the party's extremist doctrines.