The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) founded its new youth wing "Generation Deutschland" on Saturday in the face of noisy protests that delayed its meeting by more than two hours.

According to police, at least 25,000 protesters descended on the central town of Giessen near Frankfurt to oppose the AfD event.

The meeting had been due to start at 10:00 am local time (0900 GMT) but only got underway after noon, accompanied by audible whistles, drums and chants from the protesters outside.

The party's co-leader Alice Weidel condemned those who had caused "chaos" outside and said those gathered in the hall were "the new generations of the party".

The anti-immigration AfD became Germany's main opposition at February's general election, in which it won a record score of more than 20 per

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