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.
German Housing Minister Klara Geywitz and member of the European Parliament Matthias Ecke walk in Dresden, Germany, April 20, 2024. Ecke, member of the EU Parliament for the Social Democrats , standing for re-election next month, was seriously injured while putting up posters in the eastern city of Dresden, the SPD said. The 41-year old was hit and kicked and had to be taken to hospital, the interior ministry of the state of Saxony wrote in a statement.
"Democracy is threatened by this kind of thing," Scholz told a convention of European socialists in Berlin. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, a former German conservative minister, and the Italian head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, both condemned the attack on Ecke.German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser vowed "tough action and further protective measures" in response to the attacks.
The AfD has seen a surge in support in the past year take it to second place in opinion polls nationwide. It is particularly strong in the eastern states of Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg, where surveys suggest it could come first in regional elections in September.
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