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  "id": 6166065,
  "title": "Landslide victory for Germany’s far-right AfD piles pressure on Chancellor Merz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/landslide-victory-for-germanys-far-right-afd-piles-pressure-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T19:44:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1549531/landslide-victory-for-germanys-far-right-afd-piles-pressure-on-chancellor-merz/"
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  "summary": "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was facing pressure Monday after the far-right Alternative Germany (AfD) party swept to a landslide victory in a regional election, possibly paving the way for the first right-wing populist state government since the Nazi era. AfD, classified by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency as an extremist group in some regions of the […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euro Weekly News",
        "title": "‘A shocking moment’: Far-right AfD makes history in Germany as political tide shifts in Spain and Britain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/a-shocking-moment-far-right-afd-makes-history-in-germany-as-political",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:28:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Germany's shocking far-right surge rattles Europe's political foundations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/germanys-shocking-far-right-surge-rattles-europes-political",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:58:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "How far-right AfD breakthrough may ‘cause absolute chaos’ in Germany",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/how-far-right-afd-breakthrough-may-cause-absolute-chaos-in-germany",
        "published": "2026-09-07T13:45:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Far-right party win in Germany shocks Merz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/far-right-party-win-in-germany-shocks-merz",
        "published": "2026-09-07T18:33:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}