AfD Gives Young Women ‘Animal Repellent Spray’

The youth of Alternative for Germany (AfD) is distributing pepper spray to young women as promotional material during the election campaign. The party claims that this unusual choice of promotional material is intended for protection against animals, not people. AfD’s youth ‘Junge Alternative’ (JA) from Bad Kreuznach, a city in southwestern Germany, believes that pens and balloons are ‘outdated’, so instead they chose to distribute self-defense spray to young women, writes Deutsche Welle.

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Witnesses from green and leftist parties, who also distributed their promotional materials during the election campaign, told local media that they heard a JA activist telling women that they could use pepper spray “to protect themselves from an immigrant from North Africa”.

The right-wing populist party confirmed that it distributed 150 pepper sprays and emphasized that it was distributed to protect against animals and may only be used against people in life-threatening situations, claims a JA spokesperson. It is important to note that using pepper spray for the purpose of defending against animals is not illegal in Germany.

“Legally, our hands are tied,” said Heike Kaster-Meurer, the mayor of Bad Kreuznach.

Safety is an issue

Nicole Höchst, AfD’s parliamentary candidate for Bad Kreuznach, defended such gifts, stating that they were not distributed to minors and that JA only wants to highlight the uncertain security situation in the city.

The controversial gifts from JA appeared at a time when a curfew was introduced in Bad Kreuznach’s parks due to frequent knife and baseball bat conflicts, particularly among Afghans.

On her Facebook page, Höchst, who is a teacher, wrote that it is “unacceptable for the Greens to place their morality above the law”.

Others in the AfD party apparently do not share concerns about the pepper spray.

Polls show that the AfD party could receive as much as 10 percent in the elections on September 24, which would place them in third place, just behind Germany’s two main parties, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD).