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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Joanna Partridge

Is Germany’s great economy sinking into ‘slowcession’?

A woman on a car assembly line running her gloved fingers along the join where the doors close on a car
A Volkswagen employee carrying out a quality control check at the company’s electric car plant in Zwickau. Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA

Engine of the eurozone, industrial powerhouse, export world champion – just some of the ways Germany’s economy has been described over the years.

However, recent figures have indicated that the good times have come to an end, with Europe’s largest economy stuck in recession.

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