[1/2]German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flanked by Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner to comment on the ruling of Germany’s Constitutional court that the government’s re-location of 60 billion euros ($65 billion USD) of unused debt from the pandemic era to… Acquire Licensing Rights Read more
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BERLIN, Nov 24 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised on Friday to finalise the 2024 budget by the end of this year, in a video message that sought to reassure spooked citizens and investors in Europe’s largest economy after a court ruling tore up its spending plans.
Scholz’s government was forced to freeze most of its new spending commitments…