Attack on Donald Trump strikes fear into European hearts

Fears of political violence are simmering just beneath the surface in Europe, too.

Man assaults Danish PM Mette Frederiksen on Copenhagen street

Violence is becoming an alarming trend in this year’s EU election campaign

Attacks on German politicians stir memories of Nazi past

Recent assaults spark national debate over Germany’s increasingly raw political climate, with some seeing echoes of its dark history.

European Peopleโ€™s party declines to sign letter condemning far-right political violence

Commitment of Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s party to fighting destructive forces is in question, say signatoriesA row has broken out among political parties in Europe after the centre right group to which Ursula von der Leyen belongs refused to sign a letter …

Center-left politician attacked in German library amid wave of assaults

Franziska Giffey was struck by a man wielding a “bag filled with hard contents.”

Four teenagers investigated over attack on German MEP

Violent assault on Social Democrat politician triggers debate over rise in aggression against public figuresFour German teenagers are being investigated over a violent attack on a German politician that left him hospitalised with serious injuries, trig…

Teenager turns himself in to police after attack on German lawmaker

Matthias Ecke, a European parliamentarian for Olaf Scholzโ€™s SPD, was set upon while putting up EU election posters in DresdenA 17-year-old has turned himself in to police in Germany after an attack on a lawmaker that the countryโ€™s leaders decried as a …

Teenager turns himself in for assault on German lawmaker

Matthias Ecke, a lead candidate in June’s European Parliament election,
was โ€˜seriously injuredโ€™ Friday while putting up campaign posters.

Germany vows to fight violence against politicians after MEP seriously hurt

Interior minister Nancy Faeser promises โ€˜tough actionโ€™ to protect democracy as political assaults riseThe German interior minister Nancy Faeser has vowed to fight a surge in violence against politicians after a German member of the European parliament …