AfD youth congress opens with attacks on leftists
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- The AfD's youth organization, Generation Deutschland, held its federal congress in Magdeburg.
- State chairman Martin Reichardt attacked left-wing politics, calling for Germany to be "taken back" and for the "degenerate left" to lose custody of the country.
- The congress is seen as a signal before the upcoming state election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD is polling strongly.
The federal congress of the AfD's youth organization, Generation Deutschland, opened in Magdeburg with sharp attacks on left-wing politics. Martin Reichardt, state chairman of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, used the event to rally supporters ahead of the state election on September 6, declaring, "On September 6, we will take back our Germany."
On September 6, we will take back our Germany.
Reichardt's speech was filled with insults directed at the left, which were met with enthusiastic cheers from the approximately 300 delegates. He described the German state as a "stinking, rotten bum" funded by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung to associate with public broadcasters. The AfD is hoping to achieve an absolute majority in the upcoming state election, with recent polls showing them at around 40 percent, significantly ahead of the CDU.
The time of these degenerate left-wing conditions in Germany is coming to an end.
The Generation Deutschland, founded last November as the successor to the AfD's youth group Junge Alternative (JA) after it was classified as right-wing extremist, aims to send a strong signal before the election. Florian Ruß, a federal board member, welcomed delegates by saying, "Welcome to the East, welcome to Prussia," emphasizing the significance of holding the congress in Magdeburg.
We will take custody of Germany away from the rotten left.
Other speakers at the congress include AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund and Generation Deutschland chairman Jean-Pascal Hohm. The event underscores the AfD's strategy of mobilizing its youth wing to gain momentum in regional elections.
Welcome to the East, welcome to Prussia.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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