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  "id": 12163386,
  "title": "Trust in the German Constitutional Court is eroding — how can this be stopped?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/trust-in-the-german-constitutional-court-is-eroding-how-can-this-be",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:03:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Germany's top court, which turned 75 this year, is losing the population's trust, surveys show. Some say reforms in the way it picks candidates would help, to also accept candidates nominated by the far-right AfD.",
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        "title": "Trust in the German Constitutional Court is eroding — how can this be stopped?",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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