Recent attacks came to a head on Friday when a victim was left with broken bones. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose Social Democrats have been a target, denounced the attacks as a threat to democracy.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Sunday condemned recent attacks on politicians. "Brutal attacks on committed democrats, campaigners & politicians are attacks on the foundation of our democracy: free elections," the minister, currently on a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, wrote on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. "The reports about this are frightening. Violence is never a means of democracy." On Friday evening, a German politician was putting up campaign posters i
A German MEP was hospitalized after a suspected far-right attack in Dresden on Friday. Sunday's protests were called to counter rising right-wing extremism and violence.
Protesters have called for demonstrations in Germany to denounce recent attacks on politicians and campaign workers in street violence that shocked the country. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, meanwhile, has reportedly sought an urgent meeting with her state-level colleagues to address added security measures to prevent further political violence in the lead up to June's European Parliament elections. Matthias Ecke, a Social Democrat (SPD) and member of European Parliament since 2022, was
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