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  "id": 7837268,
  "title": "Chancellor Merz seeks CDU support as AfD encroaches",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/chancellor-merz-seeks-cdu-support-as-afd-encroaches",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:50:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Following the CDU's crushing defeat in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, many are expressing doubts about the party's leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz. But the CDU doesn't appear to have a viable alternative.",
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        "title": "16 months after he became chancellor, Germans are asking whether Friedrich Merz is right for the job",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/16-months-after-he-became-chancellor-germans-are-asking-whether",
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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."
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