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New German Finance Minister Says 'No Time To Lose'

New German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil faces a tough task to revive Europe's top economy (Credit: AFP)

Germany's new Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Wednesday there was "no time to lose" to jump-start Europe's beleaguered top economy, even as hardline US trade policies complicate his task.

Klingbeil of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the junior partners in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition, inherits an economy that has been mired in recession for the past two years.

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