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  "id": 8791013,
  "title": "Merz’s conservatives set to crash out of German state parliament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/merzs-conservatives-set-to-crash-out-of-german-state-parliament",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T22:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/21/world/politics/merz-german-state-parliament/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The German Chancellor's Christian Democratic Union won 4.9% of the vote on Sunday — the far-right AfD party won with 38.3%.",
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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."
}