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  "id": 8761543,
  "title": "Merz stumbles on after another big election defeat. But for how long?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/merz-stumbles-on-after-another-big-election-defeat-but-for-how-long-8761543",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T20:08:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
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    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/merz-stumbles-on-after-another-big-election-defeat-but-for-how-long-20260921-p60yzz.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Pressure is growing on the German chancellor, with the hard-right AfD party projected to win key state elections, delivering the worst result for his conservative CDU party since 1949.",
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "German Chancellor Merz vows to stay on despite 'disaster' in state election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/german-chancellor-merz-vows-to-stay-on-despite-disaster-in-state",
        "published": "2026-09-20T16:50:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Germany: Merz vows to \"push on despite setbacks\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/germany-merz-vows-to-push-on-despite-setbacks",
        "published": "2026-09-20T17:20:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Germany's Merz vows to press on with reforms despite state election defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/germanys-merz-vows-to-press-on-with-reforms-despite-state-election",
        "published": "2026-09-20T17:21:54.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Germany’s Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/germanys-merz-vows-to-press-ahead-with-reforms-after-historic-state",
        "published": "2026-09-20T17:24:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Germany's Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic state election defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/germanys-merz-vows-to-press-ahead-with-reforms-after-historic-state-8737167",
        "published": "2026-09-20T17:29:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Germany's Merz vows to press on with reforms despite state election losses to far-right AfD",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/germanys-merz-vows-to-press-on-with-reforms-despite-state-election-8743212",
        "published": "2026-09-20T17:48:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Merz stumbles on after another big election defeat. But for how long?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/merz-stumbles-on-after-another-big-election-defeat-but-for-how-long",
        "published": "2026-09-20T20:08:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Merz vows to press ahead with reforms after historic German state election defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/merz-vows-to-press-ahead-with-reforms-after-historic-german-state",
        "published": "2026-09-20T20:36:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "German state elections deal a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/german-state-elections-deal-a-blow-to-chancellor-friedrich-merz",
        "published": "2026-09-20T21:20:00.000Z"
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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."
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