{
  "id": 4427380,
  "title": "Germany news: Politicians call for ban on radical AfD state branches",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/germany-news-politicians-call-for-ban-on-radical-afd-state-branches-4427380",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T13:09:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-politicians-call-for-ban-on-radical-afd-state-branches/live-78555302?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "High-ranking German politicians, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Baden-Württemberg's state premier Cem Özdemir, have called for proceedings to ban the most radical regional branches of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. They urge swift initiation of these bans, particularly targeting the ethno-nationalist state branches in Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Brandenburg. This call comes just days before the September 6 election in Saxony-Anhalt, where an AfD victory could result in a far-right party leading a German state government for the first time since the end of Nazi rule in 1945.",
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        "title": "Germany news: Politicians call for ban on radical AfD state branches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/germany-news-politicians-call-for-ban-on-radical-afd-state-branches",
        "published": "2026-08-30T13:09:00.000Z"
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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."
}