GIESSEN, Germany: A confident far-right Alternative for Germany set up its new youth organization on Saturday even as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen, where the party held its meeting, some of them clashing with police. A convention of the anti-immigration party, known by its German acronym AfD, started more than two hours late after groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of around 93,000, delaying many delegates’ arrival. Officers used pepper spray after stones were thrown at them at one location, police said.

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

Zehntausende wollen am Wochenende in Gießen gegen die Gründung der neuen AfD-Jugendorganisation protestieren. Gewalttäter gilt es auszugrenzen.