Cake throw against Lindner: Political violence alerts the Democrats!

Christian Lindner, the Federal Chairman of the FDP, will take part in an upcoming event despite a recent incident in Paderborn. This was reported by the lippische Landes-Zeitung . The incident in which Lindner was thrown into the face occurred during an election campaign date on January 9, 2025 in Greifswald.

The attacker, a local politician of the Left Party, triggered a wave of outrage with her act. After the incident, Lindner expressed that he had to warn of a "brutalization" in the political argument. The FDP general secretary Marco Buschmann sharply criticized the crime and made it clear that such attacks in democracy were not acceptable. In addition, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his conviction and described the crime as improper and dangerous while emphasizing solidarity under Democrats.

reactions to the incident

The Left Party also condemns the behavior of the local politician and advocates a discussion. Dietmar Bartsch, former Bundestag parliamentary group leader of the Left Party, said that physical attacks were unacceptable. The incidents also attracted the attention of other politicians. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, was concerned and called for a clear punishment for such acts.

In the wave of criticism, Robert Habeck, the top candidate of the Greens, also expressed his concern about assault in political discourse. Finally Friedrich Merz, the Union Chancellor candidate, shared his fear of increasing willingness to violence in the political discussion.

The police have now identified the personal details of the 34-year-old cake thrower and filed a complaint for assault and insult. Investigations by the criminal police were started and the state security is involved due to the politically motivated act.