{
  "id": 689194,
  "title": "Germany to scrap 'accompanied drinking' for 14 and 15-year-olds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/germany-to-scrap-accompanied-drinking-for-14-and-15-year-olds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:15:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/germany/article/2026/08/12/germany-to-scrap-accompanied-drinking-for-14-and-15-year-olds_6756433_146.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A legal provision allowed 14 and 15-year-olds to purchase and consume alcohol with their parents. The government said its abolition would 'protect young people from the considerable health and social effects of alcohol consumption.'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}