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  "id": 8957749,
  "title": "Far-right AfD comes top in a German state election for second time in a month; Merz rues ‘disaster’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/far-right-afd-comes-top-in-a-german-state-election-for-second-time-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:23:34.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/far-right-afd-comes-top-in-a-german-state-election-for-second-time-in-a-month-merz-rues-disaster/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "AfD wins almost 40% in eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; party seen by Jewish groups as harboring antisemitism leads in national opinion polls but has been kept from power by the other main parties' refusal to work with it The post Far-right AfD comes top in a German state election for second time in a month; Merz rues ‘disaster’ appeared first on The Times of Israel .",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "AfD surges as Merz’s CDU suffers regional elections setback",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/afd-surges-as-merzs-cdu-suffers-regional-elections-setback",
        "published": "2026-09-21T09:54:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Far-right AfD party leads Germany state election, as Merz party suffers major defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/far-right-afd-party-leads-germany-state-election-as-merz-party",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:42:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Germany’s Merz struggles to stay on track after regional election defeat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/germanys-merz-struggles-to-stay-on-track-after-regional-election",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:18:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Pressure grows on Germany’s Merz after election defeats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/pressure-grows-on-germanys-merz-after-election-defeats",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:21:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Merz's political crisis threatens Germany's obsession with stability",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/merzs-political-crisis-threatens-germanys-obsession-with-stability",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:30:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Germany's Merz faces election defeats, but no sign of leadership challenge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/germanys-merz-faces-election-defeats-but-no-sign-of-leadership",
        "published": "2026-09-21T17:53:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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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