Olaf Scholz pitched up in east Germany this week to rally his embattled Social Democrats ahead of state elections on Sunday. He could barely be heard above the shouts of “liar”, “warmonger” and “send him to the front”.
The chancellor had come to Jena to boost the flagging fortunes of a party that polls suggest is heading for a drubbing in the September 1 elections in Saxony and Thuringia.
But he ended up facing a wall of boos, jeers and whistles from locals furious at last Friday’s terror attack in Solingen and his perceived failure to tackle what they see as its root cause: irregular immigration.
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