Germany Giessen Protest BREAKING: 50,000 Protesters Shuts Down AFD's Far-Right Youth Wing Launch

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Massive protests swept through the German town of Giessen as thousands of demonstrators blocked roads, motorways, and key access routes to stop the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) from launching its new youth organization, “Generation Germany.” The event—meant to replace the disbanded Young Alternative (JA), previously labeled extremist—was heavily delayed as top AfD figures, including Jean-Pascal Hohm, Tino Chrupalla, and Alice Weidel, struggled to reach the venue.  Police used water cannons to disperse blockades, reported stone-throwing incidents, and confirmed one officer was injured as tensions escalated. Protesters chanted anti-fascist slogans as authorities prepared for an estimated 50,000 participants across dozens of rallies and vigils.    #GiessenProtests #AfDYouthOrganization #GenerationGermany #AntiFascismProtest #GermanyProtests #AfDControversy #FarRightGermany #GiessenNews #BreakingNewsGermany #AfDEventBlocked #ProtestersVsAfD #GermanyPolitics #JAReplacement #GermanDemonstrations #GiessenUpdates #StopFascism #GermanyActivism

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00:00Thousands of protesters brought the German town of Gießen to a standstill this weekend,

00:24after a major political confrontation erupted over the launch of a new far-right youth organization.

00:32This all unfolded on Saturday when large crowds gathered across the town well before dawn

00:39to protest the planned founding meeting of Generation Germany,

00:44a new youth branch of the far-right alternative for Germany party, the AFD.

00:54The event was supposed to start at 10 a.m., but by that time, very little was actually happening.

01:00Only about a quarter of the 1,000-seat exhibition hall was occupied,

01:05because many of the attendees simply could not get there.

01:13Protesters had blocked roads, roundabouts, and even motorway routes into the town,

01:18turning the area around the venue into a massive bottleneck.

01:23AFD leaders, including party co-chairs Tino Krupala and Alice Weidel,

01:30as well as Jean-Pascal Holm, the man expected to lead the new youth organization,

01:35were all delayed and struggled to reach the event.

01:40Now why is this new group so controversial?

01:43Generation Germany is meant to replace the AFD's previous youth wing, the Young Alternative, or JA.

01:50The JA was officially disbanded earlier this year,

01:55after Germany's Federal Intelligence Agency labeled it an extremist organization.

02:02But the controversy didn't stop there.

02:05The proposed new leader, Holm, is himself classified by Brandenburg's domestic intelligence agency

02:11as a confirmed right-wing extremist.

02:16That designation added fuel to the protests and contributed to the massive turnout.

02:28Across the region, police described demonstrators as massively obstructing key transport routes.

02:34At one point, roughly ten activists abseiled down onto a major motorway, forcing traffic to halt entirely.

02:45Police deployed water cannons to break up at least one blockade of about 2,000 people,

02:51after repeated requests to clear the road went unanswered.

02:56Elsewhere, tensions escalated.

02:59A large group attempted to push through a police cordon near a substation outside Gießen.

03:05Officers held the line, but one was slightly injured, and some police were pelted with stones.

03:12Inside the town itself, demonstrators chained themselves to a bus that was used to block an entire roundabout,

03:23creating yet another disruption point.

03:26Authorities described the day as an active situation with many different locations,

03:32illustrating how widespread the protests had become.

03:36At Gießen's train station, crowds gathered in the thousands, chanting,

03:46all together against fascism, and stop the arsonists, as they marched toward the town center.

03:53In total, officials expected up to 50,000 participants,

04:00spread across 30 different rallies, protests, and vigils.

04:04A remarkable number for a university town, with just 90,000 residents, a third of whom are students.

04:13So, what does all of this tell us?

04:16Germany's political tensions around the far right are intensifying.

04:21And the founding of Generation Germany has become a flashpoint.

04:26What was meant to be a routine organizational launch,

04:29instead turned into one of the largest anti-far right mobilizations the town has ever seen.

04:36Slowing traffic, delaying party leaders, and signaling yet again,

04:41that debates over extremism and political identity are far from settled in modern Germany.

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