{"id":162619,"date":"2026-09-07T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/07\/germanys-merz-shocked-by-far-right-state-election-triumph-but-doubles-down-on-unpopular-reforms-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:47:00","slug":"germanys-merz-shocked-by-far-right-state-election-triumph-but-doubles-down-on-unpopular-reforms-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/07\/germanys-merz-shocked-by-far-right-state-election-triumph-but-doubles-down-on-unpopular-reforms-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Merz shocked by far-right state election triumph but doubles down on unpopular reforms &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQM29qLVk4UUFIa1hOSHdIWVd1VWxZb1JVNGpRSXhoalhNU1NYMDJCRTZKc2tnMVdaajktRm5xME9DX1BuWVplZXBGWExHWlJOYjhEeXV4SUdmeVBERHZFMlZnU0FocDRySk5FWVNpOS1LalpKb1dMWGNZeWZkS1NEZHpjYzdRR1ZvdHE4YnIwcE8yWExibUNLd0V3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Germany&#8217;s Merz shocked by far-right state election triumph but doubles down on unpopular reforms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQUWtKOUxUQmFlQzV4SmcxeW5TeGRuUlBDNC11czVGbUdaT0xkWDIwcEtaV0M0R0xFLTY0OVNfNE1tOGJjMTRvVkdWbXRDQ2o2d01HWEpad01vakhBeWF4Y1BrZVI0MFdKN1Z6T0RyMUNXZmJaNkZNLS1Ta3F5N1RNR0JqX184ZmZrU3BoVUUxbHBfdEpxNGpJYlllaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Sends a Signal to Europe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxObjBsdmNTY2sxMkdjbkJ2QzlHUV9FSm10bEZXOHNYUlp0X3R6SV9NR3h5ekVWTERKcl9zY0RyUk1jOFBJNTNNRDhiZVAwNW9Da0dnc3lVQ1pVcW1UaTNqd3dLanNKdVFscVNUVFE4UmR1RU1MeFUzczVjcXp3UXFKelJZTTBZU09kQ1d3Q2xIUVMxR0ctUzBobTFGUFg5Q0NxNktaS2w0UzFuaW4xWWIwZndwTkRpUFVYMXpVVXdhOGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why is far-right AfD\u2019s state victory significant and what might happen next in German politics?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxQcktYdjA5YXVEYklncmpYZ1JFaXBWbnEwREp5U3NyeDFKemdmYlBfM0lRV1JmM3RHYnN1RFpkU2xOX0NUc3RmbFlMOUt0TzJuSGtYbE4zazZseWd6c21iTE5BTHdCdTk1dFljMDNkNi1aeTI2LXVySl9nODZlVVRRUDRPZ25zenQyNWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Mass deportations and separate schools for refugees: The far-right AfD\u2019s vision for Germany<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">cnn.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOVTZDRVBWaEJrSFlTUGgzSFlDZVZuY0dLZy1PVjBLT25RTVhzMTZYOTZuRWZPbVFSYTZfdENIajFNRHNOUDlaMGJtMGQzZHJnWjJiUnljbktpOUNUSUEyVFZ2MVlEWUhKTXlyRW9sRm11alFtaGtmbVNaeTdsXzlTWTFLQ1VITFN0Y0tGazZueGpnVlkyYVBTdnlyQTU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The AfD\u2019s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas Mudde<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany&#8217;s Merz shocked by far-right state election triumph but doubles down on unpopular reforms&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Sends a Signal to Europe&nbsp;&nbsp;The New&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/09\/07\/germanys-merz-shocked-by-far-right-state-election-triumph-but-doubles-down-on-unpopular-reforms-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}