Young Alternative for Germany
Far-right youth organization of the party Alternative for Germany
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| February 2025 | The JA voted to dissolve as an independent organization, with effect from 31 March 2025. |
| January 2025 | AfD leadership voted to replace the Young Alternative for Germany as its official youth wing. |
| January 12 2025 | AfD leadership voted to formally replace the JA as its youth organisation. |
| December 2024 | AfD announced its intention to cut ties with the JA due to its classification by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. |
| 2023 | The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) categorized the Young Alternative for Germany as a confirmed extremist organization. |
| 2023 | The JA was classified as a right-wing extremist organisation by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV). |
| 2022 | Young Alternatives supported a resolution calling for Germany to acquire nuclear weapons. |
| October 2022 | Hannes Gnauck becomes federal chairperson, taking over from Neumann and Clemens |
| May 2021 | Marvin Neumann resigned less than three weeks after his election due to pressure from AfD leaders over racist and white supremacist social media posts. |
| April 2021 | Marvin Neumann and Carlo Clemens become joint federal chairpeople, with Neumann resigning in May |
| April 18 2021 | Marvin Neumann and Carlo Clemens were elected as JA's co-chairs. |
| May 2019 | David Eckert, Chairman of JA Berlin, criticized the AfD's climate change denial, which led to several state executive committee members resigning. |
| 2018 | Researcher Lukas Raabe published an academic study examining the JA's discourse strategies in online political communication platforms. |
| February 2018 | Damian Lohr becomes federal chairperson, succeeding Tritschler and Frohnmaier |
| 2016 | Academic literature by Herkenhoff analyzed the JA as a source of right-wing youth recruitment for the AfD, highlighting the organization's political positioning. |
| 2016 | National congress passed a resolution, though local collaborations with the far-right Identitarian Movement continued despite this. |
| November 2015 | The JA was officially recognized as the national party's youth organization after the AfD became more right-wing. |
| November 2015 | JA was officially recognized as the youth wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. |
| May 2015 | Sven Tritschler and Markus Frohnmaier become joint federal chairpeople of JA |
| May 2015 | At a JA convention, Philipp Meyer was removed from his chair position and replaced by Markus Frohnmaier, marking a shift towards a more hardline right-wing leadership. |
| January 2015 | The JA adopted its first statute and applied to become the official youth wing of the national party, but was initially refused. |
| January 2015 | Philipp Meyer takes over as federal chairperson after Philipp Ritz's resignation |
| 2014 | The organization ran a Facebook campaign advertising 'frontier justice' as 'the new police', highlighting their provocative political messaging. |
| 2014 | Young Alternative organized a controversial event with Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, establishing international right-wing political connections. |
| March 2014 | Torsten Heinrich left the party. In the same month, the JA hosted Nigel Farage in Cologne, causing tension within the AfD leadership over unauthorized foreign party contact. |
| February 2014 | Philipp Ritz succeeds Torsten Heinrich as federal chairperson, but later resigns from the organization |
| 2013 | The Young Alternative for Germany (Junge Alternative or JA) was established as the youth wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party. |
| June 2013 | Torsten Heinrich becomes federal chairperson of Young Alternative for Germany (JA) |
| June 2013 | The Young Alternative for Germany (JA) was founded as a youth organization for people aged 14 to 35 years, initially serving as the de facto youth wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. |
| June 15 2013 | The Junge Alternative (JA) was founded with Torsten Heinrich as the first chairperson, four months after the AfD's establishment. |
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