In Dresden, Matthias Ecke, a candidate for the European Parliament from the Social Democratic Party of Germany, a native of which is Chancellor Olaf Scholz, was seriously beaten, reports Associated Press. The SPD candidate was attacked while posting posters in Dresden. After the attack, he was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. According to the German police, 41-year-old Ecke was beaten by four men who then also attacked a representative of the Green Party on the same street. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, reacting to the incident, said that the incident could be a “seri…