Christian Lindner, the leader of Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP), was hit in the face with a cream pie during a campaign speech in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. A young woman, reportedly a member of a leftist party, threw the pie at him as he spoke. Lindner reacted with humor, noting the pie contained foam rather than cream, and displayed pride in his ‘battle scars.’ Witnesses reported that the pie had the words ‘for the love of freedom’ written on it. The incident was captured in a viral video.