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AfD Hessen Probes Youth Treasurer Over Links to Identitarian Movement

Party leaders opened an internal review under rules that forbid ties to extremist groups.

Overview

  • AfD Hessen, following Thursday reporting by Frankfurter Rundschau, said it will examine possible consequences and asked treasurer Thomas Janeczek to file a written statement within a week.
  • Janeczek was elected treasurer to the new Generation Deutschland Hesse board at its founding meeting in Fulda in late March.
  • A photo held by Frankfurter Rundschau shows him at a July 20, 2024 Identitäre Bewegung march in Vienna, and Rhein-Main Rechtsaußen reports he joined an Aktion 451 meet-up in Frankfurt in early March.
  • The Identitäre Bewegung appears on the party’s nationwide incompatibility list, which means formal ties can trigger disciplinary steps under party rules.
  • As an official party branch rather than the now-dissolved Junge Alternative, Generation Deutschland ties bind the party directly, and Hesse chair Nafiur Rahman said the new group will be judged by what it does.