The Office for the Protection of the Constitution had previously classified the youth organization as a suspected case. The Cologne Administrative Court has now published a decision.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) can classify the AfD youth organization as a confirmed extremist effort. The Cologne Administrative Court published a corresponding decision dated February 5th. The decision is not yet legally binding.
The AfD and its youth organization can lodge a complaint against this with the North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Administrative Court (Az: 13 L 1124/23).
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution had previously classified the youth organization as a suspected case. A lawsuit against this decision was rejected by the Cologne Administrative Court. The Higher Administrative Court (OVG) will deal with this question in the next instance in mid-March.
In April 2023, the BfV announced that the observation of suspected cases had revealed indications that the AfD youth organization Junge Alternative (JA) had gathered evidence of efforts against the free democratic basic order. Therefore, the Junge Alternative is classified and treated as a confirmed right-wing extremist effort. The AfD and the youth organization filed a lawsuit against this in June 2023 and granted an urgent application against the classification. The Cologne Administrative Court rejected the urgent application.
