Following an attack on a German member of the European Parliament in Dresden, his party has warned not to treat the incident as an isolated case, as hundreds took to the streets in the eastern German city in solidarity with the severely injured lawmaker. "It is very clear that this willingness to use violence did not occur in a vacuum," Saskia Esken, leader of Germany's ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD), said ahead of a rally in Dresden on Sunday afternoon. A 17-year-old turned himself in to
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday condemned an attack on one of his party's European Parliament deputies as a "threat" to democracy after investigators said a political motive was suspected."If an attack with a political motive. is confirmed just a few weeks from the European elections, this serious act of violence would also be a serious act against democracy," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement.
A German politician was attacked and seriously injured by four assailants while putting up campaign posters in the eastern German city of Dresden late on Friday evening, according to police. Matthias Ecke, 41, is a member of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and a current lawmaker in the European Parliament. Ecke was taken to hospital for treatment following the attack and will require surgery. Ecke is the SPD's top candidate for the upcoming European Parliament elections in the eastern Ger
A candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz s center-left party in next month s election for the European Parliament was beaten up and seriously injured while campaigning in an eastern city, the party said Saturday.