section_path: Organisation/Young Alternative for Germany
section_name: Young Alternative for Germany
paragraph_text: Young Alternative for Germany
  
  Young Alternative for Germany (German: Junge Alternative für Deutschland, JA) was founded in 2013 as the youth organisation of AfD, while remaining legally independent from its mother party. In view of JA's independence, it has been regarded by some in AfD's hierarchy as being somewhat wayward, with JA repeatedly accused of being "too far-right", politically regressive and antifeminist by the German mainstream media.
  
  In December 2024 the main party of the AfD announced its intention to cut ties with the JA in connection to its classification by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. AfD leadership are planning to found a new organisation as its youth wing. On 12 January 2025, AfD leadership voted to formally replace the JA as its youth organisation.