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The vice president of the German Bundestag, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, has condemned the attack on Green Party lawker Marie Kollenrott in the central German city of Göttingen. “We will not back down! We will defend democracy in our country,” Göring-Eckardt wrote on the social media platform X, while also wishing her party colleague a speedy recovery “physically and mentally.” Green politician Jürgen Trittin also expressed his solidarity on X, writing: “Violence must have no place.” Kollenrott was punched in the upper body at a campaign stand at an event in Göttingen. Her injuries were described as…

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