Protesters have called for demonstrations in Germany to denounce recent attacks on politicians and campaign workers in street violence that shocked the country. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, meanwhile, has reportedly sought an urgent meeting with her state-level colleagues to address added security measures to prevent further political violence in the lead up to June’s European Parliament elections. Matthias Ecke, a Social Democrat (SPD) and member of European Parliament since 2022, was brutally beaten by a gang of four assailants on Friday evening while hanging campaign posters in th…