Berlin, April 30, 2025 (AFP) - Germany's next finance minister, 'bridge-builder' Lars Klingbeil

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2025-04-30

Germany's incoming finance minister Lars Klingbeil is a self-styled political "bridge-builder" whose calm and personable demeanour belies his sharp political instincts. Despite the bruising election loss of his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), he will control the purse strings of Europe's top economy under conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz. Klingbeil -- who studied political science, sociology and history, not finance -- will w......

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