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    "excerpt": "Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay on despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.",
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    "title": "German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on"
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