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Fireworks, water cannon and flying fists outside the AfD youth congress

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Jörg Luyken
Dec 03, 2025
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Dear Reader,

At the weekend, the AfD gathered at a conference centre in the town of Gießen in Hessen to found a new youth organisation after the domestic intelligence service classified their previous one as “confirmed right-wing extremist.”

However, the event began hours late after thousands of demonstrators tried to prevent it from taking place. Protest…

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