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THE black-clad attackers beat up Matthias Ecke so badly as he put up posters in Dresden that he needed surgery. In Nordhorn, a man threw eggs at a lawmaker then punched him in the face. In Berlin, a pensioner hit a senator on the head with a bag.
Just three of the assaults that German politicians have suffered recently as campaigns get under way for European Parliament and district council elections.
Tensions have always risen ahead of votes. But something…