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A damaged election poster hangs on the Platz der Demokratie in Weimar / Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa

More than 50 election posters damaged in Dresden

Around 50 damaged election posters have been discovered in two districts of Dresden. According to the police on Wednesday, 26 election posters were discovered sprayed with red and black paint on streets in the Räcknitz area the day before. The following night, a witness in Pieschen observed a man te ..

Thomas Hennig (CDU), District Administrator of the Vogtland district, speaks at a press conference at the Bad Reiboldsgrün Forestry Training Center / Photo: Bodo Schackow/dpa

Vogtland district imposes budget freeze due to social spending

The Vogtland district has issued a temporary budget freeze due to rising social spending. This mainly affects voluntary services in culture and sport, the district office announced on Tuesday. According to initial estimates, the deficit in the social sector will amount to more than 22 million euros ..

Sören Pellmann / Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa

MP Pellmann reports repeated threats

Leipzig MP Sören Pellmann (Left Party) has been threatened again, according to his own statements. On Monday morning, dog excrement and a flyer smeared with swastikas and threats were found in the letterbox of his constituency office, he announced on Monday. This was the second time in four days. "I ..

Hendrik Wüst (l, CDU), Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister President of Saxony, take part in a solidarity rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate after the attack on the SPD MEP Ecke / Photo: Joerg Carstensen/dpa

Ecke reports from hospital: "Overwhelmed by sympathy"

After the attack while putting up election posters in Dresden, SPD MEP Matthias Ecke has sent a message of thanks from the hospital. "I am overwhelmed by your sympathy and solidarity," Ecke wrote in a post on the X platform (previously: Twitter) on Monday. It does him good and gives him strength. Bu ..

A "Landtag" sign stands on a street in the city center / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

State election in Saxony: AfD narrowly ahead of the CDU

The CDU and AfD are still neck-and-neck in the run-up to the state elections in Saxony on September 1, according to a new poll by the opinion research institute Civey. In the latest survey by Civey and "Sächsische.de", the AfD landed at 32 percent in the Sunday poll, followed by the CDU with 30 perc ..

MEP Matthias Ecke at the state party conference of the SPD Saxony / Photo: Heiko Rebsch/dpa/Archivbild

Bishops after attack: "The stakes are high"

The outrage over the cowardly and brutal attack on election campaigners in Saxony continues. The bishops in the Free State are also speaking out against violence and attempts at intimidation.

Nancy Faeser (SPD, r) Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, Michael Stübgen (M), Chairman of the Conference of Interior Ministers, and Holger Münch, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), present the Police Crime Statistics 2023 (PKS) / Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa

Faeser calls for more police presence for campaigners

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser is calling for better protection for politicians and helpers during election campaigns. "We need an even more visible police presence on the ground to protect democrats at campaign stands and events," the SPD politician told the Rheinische Post newspaper ..

Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister President of Saxony / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Kretschmer on the escalation of violence: It's five to twelve

Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has condemned the growing aggression and increasing violence within society. "These are enemies of democracy (...) It really is five to twelve," he said on the ARD program "Caren Miosga" on Sunday evening. It was important to put a stop to this. W ..

Participants of a rally on the occasion of an attack on an SPD politician stand on Pohlandplatz / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

After attack on SPD politician: Hundreds at demonstration

After the attack on SPD politician Matthias Ecke, around 2,000 people demonstrated for democracy and against violence in Dresden, according to police reports. They gathered in the Striesen district early on Sunday evening. Ecke had been beaten up there on Friday evening by four young men while putti ..