BERLIN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Union leaders denounced on Saturday (May 4) a recent spate of attacks on politicians in Germany, including one that sent a member of the European Parliament to hospital with serious injuries. Matthias Ecke, 41, a member of Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), was hit and kicked on Friday by a group of four.
Matthias Ecke, 41, was assaulted on Friday evening and required surgery after being attacked by a group of four young men, his Social Democratic Party (SDP) revealed on Saturday.