The NRW Office for the Protection of the Constitution is therefore monitoring the Junge Alternative from now on. In recent years, right-wing extremist positions have become dominant in Junge Alternative in North Rhine-Westphalia, Reul said. There is “comprehensive cooperation with numerous actors in the right-wing extremist New Right movement.” The young AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia is promoting the “Identity Movement” and its successor organizations on social media. Furthermore, people with right-wing extremist biographies work in JA NRW.
The state association Junge Alternative in North Rhine-Westphalia has been ideologically aligned with the political course of the federal association JA since 2019, the Interior Minister continued. This is characterized by a “national-ethnic understanding of the people and xenophobia”. JA NRW also represents positions that violate the guarantee of human dignity.
In a suspected case, there is “sufficiently strong factual evidence” of anti-constitutional efforts. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution can then evaluate and store personal data and, under strict conditions, use intelligence resources such as observation or recruitment of informants. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution in several federal states has already classified the respective regional youth organization associations as confirmed or proven right-wing extremists. Furthermore, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the Junge Alternative as a whole as “certainly right-wing extremist” last April.