AP - A candidate for [German] Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left party in next month’s election for the European Parliament was beaten up and seriously injured while campaigning in an eastern city, the party said Saturday. The incident raised political tension in Germany ahead of the polls, and came as Europe’s center left urged the center right not to cooperate with far-right parties expected to win more seats in the European Parliament. Matthias Ecke, a candidate for the Social Democrats, was attacked while putting up posters in Dresden on Friday evening. The party said he was taken to a hospital and required surgery for his injuries. Police said the 41-year-old was beaten by four men and that the same group had apparently attacked a Greens party worker minutes before in the same street.
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