{
  "id": 6573505,
  "title": "Far-right AfD party won big in Saxony-Anhalt. Will it affect Germany’s approach to China?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/far-right-afd-party-won-big-in-saxony-anhalt-will-it-affect-germanys-6573505",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T09:58:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367059/far-right-afd-party-won-big-saxony-anhalt-will-it-change-germanys-approach-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With its sweeping victory in a key state election, the far-right Alternative for Germany is putting pressure on the ruling federal coalition and could nudge Berlin towards a more pragmatic approach to China, analysts said. By securing 43.8 per cent of the vote in the September 6 election in Saxony-Anhalt – more than double its 2021 result – the AfD sent shock waves and piled further pressure on…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "What next for Alternative for Germany after its victory in Saxony-Anhalt?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/what-next-for-alternative-for-germany-after-its-victory-in-saxony",
        "published": "2026-09-07T15:35:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Germany built a ‘firewall’ so the far-right could never take power again. It just failed in Saxony-Anhalt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/germany-built-a-firewall-so-the-far-right-could-never-take-power",
        "published": "2026-09-07T17:39:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Far-right AfD party won big in Saxony-Anhalt. Will it affect Germany’s approach to China?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/far-right-afd-party-won-big-in-saxony-anhalt-will-it-affect-germanys",
        "published": "2026-09-10T09:58:07.000Z"
      }
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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."
}