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  • According to the police, around 2,000 people demonstrated for democracy and against violence in Dresden after the attack on SPD politician Matthias Ecke.
  • They gathered in the Striesen district.
  • There, Ecke was beaten up by four young men while hanging up election posters on Friday evening.

The Saxon SPD leading candidate for the European elections had to be operated on in the hospital. The SPD leadership in the state of Saxony announced that his condition is now stable. Ecke suffered a fracture of his cheekbone and eye socket as well as hematomas on his face. A 17-year-old turned himself in to the police a few hours after the crime.

East Germany fought for and fought for democracy in 1989, said Bundestag Vice President Katrin-Göring-Eckardt (Greens) at the start of the demonstration. “And we will not give in to those who despise democracy.” And they will certainly not give up “if one of us has to experience violence,” emphasized the politician. “We are the people,” Göring-Eckardt continued.

Among the participants were the federal chairwoman of the SPD, Saskia Esken, Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) and Saxony’s Justice Minister Katja Meier (Greens).

Two alliances had called for spontaneous demonstrations in Berlin and Dresden. The internet portal “Together Against the Right” and the alliance “We are the Firewall Dresden” published calls to this effect on their Instagram channels. “Violence has no place in our democracy!” it said.


Tagesschau late edition, May 4, 2024, 10:55 p.m.;

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