Party hopes to exert greater control over new group after the previous youth party was declared a proven right-wing extremist group by authorities and dissolved

Police say protesters have used buses to block streets in central Giessen as 50,000 are expected to voice opposition to the founding of a new far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) youth wing. DW has the latest.

Thousands protest in Giessen as Germany's far-right AfD launches a new youth organization amid rising tensions and controversy.