German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has reacted sceptically to an upper house of parliament initiative to provide greater protection for politicians against intimidating attacks on their private lives. “We will take a close look at the initiative. However, I would caution against creating the impression that politicians in general need to fear their own people,” Buschmann told the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers. The eastern state of Saxony has proposed a law in the Bundesrat, which is made up of Germany’s 16 state premiers, that would make influencing public officials and elected representa…