The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's parliamentary group in the German Bundestag is actively seeking a scientific referent to focus on "NGO enlightenment," indicating a strategic effort to scrutinize and potentially challenge non-governmental organizations. This move aligns with a growing trend within right-wing populist and extremist circles, where the "NGO complex" has become a recurring theme. The underlying narrative posits that NGOs are government-funded entities designed to create a system that "acts against its own population" and actively "fights" citizens, a viewpoint articulated by Pauline Voss, deputy editor-in-chief of the right-wing populist platform Nius. The recruitment is effective "immediately."