{
  "id": 3908444,
  "title": "Meckel & Matthes: Kanzler ohne Rückhalt, die Pläne der AfD und das Ende des Internets, wie wir es kannten",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/meckel-matthes-kanzler-ohne-ruckhalt-die-plane-der-afd-und-das-ende",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-28T06:17:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/audio/meckel-und-matthes/meckel-matthes-kanzler-ohne-rueckhalt-die-plaene-der-afd-und-das-ende-des-internets-wie-wir-es-kannten/100250277.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz, who was recently exposed during a visit to the Hürtgenwald in North Rhine-Westphalia, claims he is speaking with those who work. However, journalist and professor Miriam Meckel believes the chancellor is delivering the wrong message at a time when people are already losing their ability to communicate with each other. In Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is polling around 40 percent. Party leader Ulrich Siegmund promises to return \"the good old Germany.\" Handelsblatt chief editor Sebastian Matthes sees this as a failure of established parties to develop a vision for the future. Meckel and Matthes conclude by discussing the future of the internet. Cloudflare, an internet intermediary, reports that more than half of the requests are now coming from machines rather than humans. What remains of the internet as we knew it, you will hear in the current episode.",
  "summary": "Meckel und Matthes sind zurück aus der Sommerpause und diskutieren, warum der AfD gelingt, was Kanzler Friedrich Merz nicht schafft. Außerdem: Wie Maschinen das Netz kapern – ist das Internet noch zu retten?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}