Public funds are financing a website set up to warn Germans about “right-wing extremist” media. Among the publications blacklisted are Junge Freiheit and the populist magazine Tichys Einblick.
Away from the blacklisting page, the site promises to help readers with “Recognizing right-wing extremism,” for instance by providing “a glossary of right-wing symbols, codes, and much more.”
Junge Freiheit reacted angrily, stating it will take action against what it calls “state media shaming:”
The left-wing coalition in Lower Saxony is slandering Junge Freiheit and other conservative and liberal media outlets with a specially created anti-fascist portal. We will not tolerate this attack on independent journalists.
The website—part of the state-run “Ambulatory Justice Social Service of Lower Saxony” (AJSD)—lists numerous conservative and libertarian magazines under the “Recognizing Right-Wing Extremism” heading.
The AJSD is fully financed from Lower Saxony’s official budget. As the draft 2025 budget shows, €33.4 million alone was set aside for the AJSD, which has the official role of providing “assistance for those leaving right-wing extremism.”
From this public largesse, more than €26 million was spent on approximately 400 full-time equivalent employees. The ever-expanding mission of Germany’s anti-extremism industry coincides with increasing pressure on the “completely idiotic” firewall designed to exclude national sovereigntists Alternative für Deutschland for political participation.
