Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Jorg Kukies during a meeting of the Economic and Finance Ministers of the European Union within the framework of the Eurogroup at the European Council in Brussels in Belgium on 9 December 2024.
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It is crucial that Germany embarks on a period of economic growth, the country's finance minister Jörg Kukies told CNBC on Thursday, adding that structural weaknesses must be addressed.
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