GIESSEN: Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organization was set to kick off its founding convention. Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning. Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location. The new youth organization of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is to be set up in a meeting at Giessen’s convention center.

Die Polizei rechnet mit 50.000 Demonstranten, die am Wochenende gegen die Gründung der AfD-Jugendorganisation in der Uni-Stadt protestieren. Polizisten aus 14 Bundesländern…

Die AfD will am Wochenende ihre neue Jugendorganisation gründen: „Generation Deutschland“. Die will ihren Kurs bestimmen – wenn sie überhaupt zur Halle durchkommt.