German social democrats spoke out against far right violence amid declining support after an attack on Friday night that hospitalised Saxony top candidate for the EU elections Matthias Ecke.
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00:00Germany's SPD and the Social Democratic Party of Europe held a democracy congress in Berlin
00:05as a show of force against the far-right that is gaining traction across Europe.
00:09SPD has been polling at a historical low following an economically rocky few years, but the party
00:15is now ramping up efforts to win back support after violent far-right attacks continue to
00:19increase.
00:20German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Social Democratic Leader Stefan Löfven and the centre-left
00:35candidate to head the European Commission, Nikolaus Schmitt, spoke out against the attack
00:39on Friday night that hospitalised Saxony top candidate for the EU elections, Matthias Ecker.
00:46With the European elections just a mere month away, will the voters choose a future to the
00:51left or to the right? Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.