{
  "id": 6637631,
  "title": "Popular interior minister: Herbert Reul is running for re-election to the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/popularer-innenminister-herbert-reul-kandidiert-erneut-fur-den-nrw",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-10T20:02:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/populaerer-innenminister-herbert-reul-kandidiert-erneut-fuer-den-nrw-landtag/100253716.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul has announced his intention to run for the state parliament again. The CDU district council in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis has unanimously nominated him. Reul, 74, is one of the most popular politicians in NRW and had kept his plans open until now. He revealed his decision to his party colleagues on Thursday evening, and the district council welcomed it. Reul's candidacy must still be confirmed at the relevant meeting on October 16.",
  "summary": "At 74, Herbert Reul wants to prove himself once again: After long hesitation, the North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of the Interior announces his renewed willingness to run and is nominated unanimously.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}