Kretschmer on the attack on Ecke: "Appalls me deeply"

Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has condemned the attack on MEP Matthias Ecke (SPD) as an attack on democratic values. "The attack on SPD top candidate Matthias Ecke appalls me deeply and cannot be justified by anything." They will resolutely defend fair election advertising. "We are familiar with attacks and intimidation of political competitors from the darkest periods of our history," explained Kretschmer.

Late on Friday evening, four unknown persons attacked 41-year-old Ecke and a 28-year-old Green Party election worker while they were putting up election posters in the Striesen district of Dresden. Both were injured, Ecke had to be treated in hospital. Last weekend, there had already been attacks on three members of the Green Party who were putting up posters in Chemnitz and Zwickau.