{
  "id": 19632655,
  "title": "Germany postpones sugar tax and scraps electricity tax cut ahead of budget talks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/germany-postpones-sugar-tax-and-scraps-electricity-tax-cut-ahead-of-19632655",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T09:31:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20261112/germany-postpones-sugar-tax-and-scraps-electricity-tax-cut-ahead-of-budget-talks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Germany's proposed plastic tax has also been killed, along with some proposed social benefit cuts, as federal leaders agree to compromises in the 2027 budget.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}