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AfD Youth Successor Launches Berlin and Brandenburg Branches as Police Probe Car Incident at Protest

Interior officials see continuity with the dissolved Junge Alternative rather than moderation.

Overview

  • Fabian Jank was elected unopposed to lead the new Brandenburg branch, with authorities noting his past ties to the Identitarian Movement.
  • Martin Kohler, the former head of Berlin’s Junge Alternative, was chosen to chair the new Berlin branch at the AfD’s federal office in Reinickendorf.
  • Roughly 100 people demonstrated in Königs Wusterhausen and about 120–130 in Berlin, where police set up barriers outside the venue.
  • Berlin police are investigating suspected dangerous bodily harm after a counter-protester on a bicycle was reportedly struck by a car near the event.
  • The federal Interior Ministry and Brandenburg’s interior authorities cite personnel and content continuities with the JA and flag statements indicating anti-constitutional aims, with Brandenburg officials expecting an extremist assessment of the GD branch.