A candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party in next month’s European elections was beaten up and seriously injured while campaigning in an eastern city. The Social Democrats say Matthias Ecke was attacked while putting up posters in Dresden on Friday evening. He was taken to hospital and required surgery for his injuries. Government and opposition parties say their members and supporters have faced a wave of physical and verbal attacks and have called on police to step up protection for politicians and election rallies.
Leading politicians on Saturday condemned an attack on a European deputy with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz s party, after investigators said a political motive was suspected.
BERLIN, May 4 ― German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today condemned an attack on one of his party’s European Parliament deputies as a “threat” to democracy after authorities said.