{
  "id": 7173224,
  "title": "Political scientist Julia Reuschenbach: 'I do not see Chancellor Friedrich Merz resigning'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/political-scientist-julia-reuschenbach-i-do-not-see-chancellor",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-13T20:50:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/13/political-scientist-julia-reuschenbach-i-do-not-see-chancellor-friedrich-merz-resigning_6757482_4.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Following the Alternative for Germany (AfD) victory in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6, pressure is mounting on Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), to ease its policy of excluding the far right. Doing so would be a strategic mistake, says political scientist Julia Reuschenbach, who argues that the AfD's goal is to destroy the CDU.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}