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  "id": 6121510,
  "title": "Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz under pressure after far-right election triumph",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/germanys-chancellor-friedrich-merz-under-pressure-after-far-right",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T08:20:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
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    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/07/germanys-chancellor-friedrich-merz-under-pressure-after-far-right-election-triumph"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ballot box triumph put the pro-Trump and Moscow-friendly AfD, officially listed as \"right-wing extremist\" by Germany's domestic intelligence agency, within reach of running its first-ever state government.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "‘Not right’ to discuss Merz's future a day after AfD's win in Saxony-Anhalt, CDU politician says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/not-right-to-discuss-merzs-future-a-day-after-afds-win-in-saxony",
        "published": "2026-09-07T09:35:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Germany’s AfD landslide piles pressure on Merz as far right eyes first state govt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/germanys-afd-landslide-piles-pressure-on-merz-as-far-right-eyes-first",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:51:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "AfD party’s landslide win in eastern Germany tests country’s ‘firewall’ against the far right",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/afd-partys-landslide-win-in-eastern-germany-tests-countrys-firewall",
        "published": "2026-09-07T12:42:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "AfD's victory shatters Germany's illusions of immunity to the far right",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/afds-victory-shatters-germanys-illusions-of-immunity-to-the-far-right",
        "published": "2026-09-07T14:02:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Will AfD win in Germany boost France's far right?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/will-afd-win-in-germany-boost-frances-far-right",
        "published": "2026-09-07T14:38:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "'In deep shock': Germany reacts to far right's seismic win in local election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/in-deep-shock-germany-reacts-to-far-rights-seismic-win-in-local",
        "published": "2026-09-07T14:56:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}