Attack on the Pirate Party: Start of the election campaign in Dresden with incident

Attack on the Pirate Party: Start of the election campaign in Dresden with incident

attacks during the election campaign: Safety of the campaign helpers in danger

In the city of Dresden, election posters have been allowed for the upcoming state election on September 1st since last weekend. However, the start of the election campaign was overshadowed by an incident in which a poster team of the Pirate Party was victim of an attack. This raises questions about the security of campaign helpers and highlights the challenges associated with political engagement.

Details of the incident

In the early Saturday morning, shortly after midnight, the Pirate Party team was on the road in Seestrasse to attach election posters. Suddenly they were approached by a group of young people. Manuel Wolf, who was present as a candidate for the state election, described the situation in which he initially thought they were drunken young people who were just nonsense in their heads. In a worrying moment, the group threatened the election campaign team and announced that the posters are demolished.

de -escalation through friendliness

Wolf reported that the team with “disarming friendliness” was able to calm the tense situation. "I didn't want to have any stress," he continued. They were able to mitigate the aggression by their calm reaction and the perpetrators fled. A very remarkable outcome in a situation in which the risk of physical violence was

consequences and investigation

After the situation was brought under control, the pirates informed the police about the incident. This immediately initiated the search for the perpetrators, but the search was unsuccessful. The members of the poster team expressed the assumption that the attackers could possibly be people of the right -wing extremist group "ELBLANDREVOLTE". So far, however, this connection has not been determined and the state security has investigated.

The meaning of the incident

This incident not only illustrates the risks to which campaign helpers are exposed to, but also throws a light on the increasing pressure on political actors in Germany. The incident could possibly be part of a larger trend that represents a worrying development in the political environment. The question of how certainly political engagement is in public remains in the room.

The events in Dresden can serve as a reminder to take the security of campaign helpers seriously and to protect the democratic values for which they stand up. It is crucial that such incidents do not remain unanswered and serious discussions about the challenges of political engagement.

- Nag