German Politician Hospitalised By Far-Right Nazis

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AGerman politician in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party had to undergo surgery after being beaten up while campaigning, the ruling Social Democrats (SDP) said on Saturday.

Matthias Ecke, a member of the European Parliament standing for re-election next month, was attacked while putting up posters in Dresden on Friday evening.

Mainstream parties accuse the AfD of links to violent neo-Nazi groups and of fomenting an increasingly harsh political climate. A prominent AfD leader, Bjorn Hocke, is currently on trial accused of using a banned Nazi slogan. Germany’s domestic intelligence service has placed some chapters of the party under surveillance.