Just civil AfD members fear the observation by the constitutional protection. The Achilles heel of the party-young, the “Young Alternative” (YES). Which could be cleaved or self-disassemble.
YES-Chef Damian Lohr and AfD-member of the management Board Andreas Kalbitz to the Federal Congress in the early summer of 2018
Around 200 politicians of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), recently held at the party Congress in Magdeburg public application talk. You wanted to be on the candidates list for the European elections in may 2019. It was a good opportunity to learn the staffing structure of the Central structure of the AfD. The typical applicant is, therefore, to the 50, academics, part owner of the company – so bourgeois middle class. For many, it would probably be both professionally and by reputation a real Problem if your party would be observed by the protection of the Constitution. The AfD could collapse large parts of the Central structure.
The AfD leadership is aware of this explosiveness aware of. In the summer, has therefore set up a working group to develop counter-strategies. Not much time remains. No later than the beginning of January of the Constitution and decide about the protection, whether the party service is a case for the domestic intelligence. So far, the right-wing are most only in the Federal state of Thuringia, under observation of the local protection of the Constitution. More precisely: you “will not be checked to be observed”. An observation would allow E-Mails to read and agents to infiltrate.
The Achilles Heel Of The “Young Alternative”
In the case of the AfD’s youth organisation – the “young Alternative” (YES) – have constitutional protectors now clearer references to extremist tendencies. Since September, two national associations of Bremen and lower Saxony have been observed from the protection of the Constitution. As a result, the national Association of lower Saxony was cleaved.
Bremen has requested that the Minister of the interior conference with the YES, it should go to their Occurrence in the other länder.
The reason for the decision to watch the YES, were, among other things, Statements from officials in Social media. Also, the Deutsche Welle has exclusively reported about it. But it’s apparently not just individual cases, but the essence of the YES..
More than just the youth Association
All of this falls back on the AfD. Because many of the YES-officials are hard-wired with the mother party. Some are self-AfD-a member of the Landtag; others work in the Bundestag offices for the AfD or its members. At the AfD in Magdeburg, this networking was to Meet. Ultimately, officials for the European Parliament applied even, however, unsuccessful. The YES is not only the cadre for the AfD, but actually already part of the party.
AfD-Europe party Congress in Magdeburg: The boundaries between YES and AfD are fluent in
Within the YES, that was in Magdeburg topic of conversation away from the microphones, has fuelled the fear of the protection of the Constitution in the direction of the battle between the “Moderates” and “Radicals”. At some point, the limit of Endurance was reached, said to be a “moderate” representative of the YES from Hamburg on the European Congress.
Not just in Hamburg, also in the largest regional Association in North Rhine-Westphalia could be decided according to DW-research soon to be a spin-off. Two other organizations are also are on the verge of splitting.
The spirits that we called
Shortly after the Congress, there was a decision by the AfD Federal Executive Board, which surprised many in the party: You need to talk about a resolution of the entire youth organization. Can choose the however, only a genuine Federal party, it is, however, no date yet. Until then, should the YES separating its extreme members, in the decision of the Board. Direct-through the AfD has not possibilities, because not all members will be automatically AfD members. The party’s internal “working group on the protection of the Constitution” to create a picture of the situation.
So far, little fear of contact: AfD leader Alexander Gauland at the Federal Congress of the “young Alternative” (2.6.2018)
Surprisingly, the announcement was also because the AfD leadership in the past, occurred to the little disciplinary effect – on the contrary. Party leader Alexander Gauland held in the case of a YES-Congress to its infamous “bird shit”speech. Member of the management Board Andreas Kalbitz, from whose biography contacts to extreme Right-wing are known, took care of the YES. The AfD seems to be afraid of the protection of the Constitution now to follow of a counter-strategy. Under the PR aspects of such a decision, even if at first little happened, of course, well – in these days in which the Constitution advises the protection of the Causa AfD.
Björn Höcke: “Totally unacceptable”
A direct consequence of the decision is something else: The struggles within the YES are in full swing, and some of the AfD functionary on the Plan. Finally, there is the conflict with the Radicals – the so-called representatives of the “wing” – in the mother party. From the wing-man-number-1, the Thuringian AfD-Chef Björn Höcke, came an infuriated message: to The YES, due to individual “gaffes” under “General suspicion”, was “completely unacceptable”. The party’s youth deserve a “respectful”. Also Kalbitz, political friend Höckes, a statement of Solidarity: He stood in front of his YES-Association in the Federal state of Brandenburg. Other protests came.
Gauland referred to Nazis as “bird shit in the history”
At the “Moderate” is the tone of voice to the contrary. The “YES” is only a “destructive” factor, according to a Posting in the social media that is available to the DW. “When the last time anything came from the YES, then it wasn’t Good for the AfD.” There is a lot of “head narcissists”. Would you not consider that it could not be for professional reasons, no matter if the protection of the Constitution is active. Some of them seemed to be happy even about that, is it because only the “Upright” remained.
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