Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Germans in a video message released on Thursday to vote in the upcoming European elections in light of recent attacks targeting politicians.
Scholz said the spate of attacks on politicians and political campaign workers in the past few days are unacceptable.
"Attacks on our democracy concern us all," Scholz said. "One answer that every one of us can give is quite simple: Go and vote!"
On Tuesday, a local Green Party candidate in the eastern city of Dresden was assaulted while campaigning. That attack followed the brutal beating on Friday of a Social Democratic member of European Parliament while hanging campaign posters in Dresden.
Postal voting for the European Parliament elections on June 9 has already started in Germany. For the first time, 16- and 17-year-olds can vote.
"My request to you is to join in," Scholz said.
In his video message, Scholz highlighted the alarming rise of populists calling for Germany to leave the EU and people who see Russia and China as role models.
The chancellor said that with one in four jobs in Germany dependent on exports, people would have less money without the EU.
With its 450 million citizens, the EU has a different political weight than a single country. "That is crucial in uncertain times like these," Scholz said, adding it would be irresponsible to question a united Europe during a war in Ukraine and the possible election of a new US president.