German youth are increasingly fed up with the negative consequences of decades of open-border policies and promoted mass migration, a trend that has recently become apparent on several occasions.
A few days ago, a video of a group of teenagers chanting ‘Ausländer raus’ (‘Foreigners out’) in a teen disco in the north-eastern state of Brandenburg went viral, shocking mainstream media and political elites and prompting widespread condemnation.
The socialist minister-president of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke, said he was ‘speechless’ after seeing the video and called it a ‘serious social problem’. Other politicians condemned the chants, describing them as ‘racist’ and ‘extremist’. ‘I am shocked that racist slogans were shouted at a celebration with children and young people in Falkenberg in Brandenburg,’ said Christian Stäblein, bishop of the regional Protestant church, part of the highly progressive Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). Police have even launched an investigation into the case.
Just days later, right-wing political commentators on social media, including Mario Nawfal, shared a video of a DJ playing an adaptation of the 1999 Gigi D’Agostino hit ‘L’Amour toujours’, mixed with the ‘Ausländer raus’ chants, claiming that the track had gone viral at German festivals and clubs. According to the circulated posts, the song has seen a 417 per cent spike in streaming. ‘Now it’s soundtracking remigration calls across the country,’ Nawfal stated in his post.
Mainstream media framed the incident as a shocking and dangerous trend of youth radicalization in Germany, a narrative echoed by establishment politicians. However, it should not come as a surprise.
As Dutch right-wing commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek highlighted in her speech at CPAC Hungary, white children are the primary victims of mass migration, as in their age group the replacement is most pronounced. In Germany, around 47.7 per cent of pupils nationwide have a migration background, a figure that in major cities such as Berlin or Hamburg exceeds half of all schoolchildren.
In some regions, particularly in western Germany, the concentration is even higher: in North Rhine–Westphalia, nearly half of schools have a majority of pupils with a migrant background. In many primary schools, this share exceeds 75 per cent.
According to Vlaardingerbroek, this has resulted in an increasing number of cases of bullying and abuse targeting indigenous white children, often shared on social media, involving pupils with an immigration background.
While governing parties, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), appear to show little concern over what critics describe as the effective replacement of the native population—a consequence of their own policies—it is not surprising that many young people are turning to alternatives, most notably the anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
AfD’s rise among young adults appears to be unstoppable. According to recent polling data, the party is the most popular among 18 to 29-year-olds, with 28 per cent support nationwide. The second most popular in this age group is Die Linke (The Left), with 21 per cent. AfD also leads among 30 to 39- and 40 to 49-year-olds, with 35 and 32 per cent, respectively.
‘AfD’s rise among young adults appears to be unstoppable’
While its support remains strongest in eastern Germany, where it can reach up to 40 per cent among young adults, the party is also gaining traction among western German youth. In the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate last Sunday, AfD became the strongest party among 18 to 29-year-olds, securing 22 per cent of the vote, while the CDU and SPD received 14 and 19 per cent, respectively. ‘AfD is the future,’ the party declared in a post on X.
All of this is happening despite the fact that mainstream parties continue to apply a cordon sanitaire to keep AfD out of power. The party is designated as a ‘proven right-wing extremist’ and ‘not compatible’ with a free democratic order by the country’s domestic intelligence agency, giving the BfV expanded surveillance powers to investigate the party and its leadership.
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