⁍ Germany’s economy can avoid a longer recession, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier says.

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– Germany’s economy is so strong that it can avoid a longer recession, the country’s economy minister said on Thursday. Peter Altmaier said the eurozone’s third-largest economy is so strong that it can avoid a longer recession than the previous one in 2009 that was triggered by the financial crisis, the AP reports. Altmaier, speaking at a business conference in Munich, said the German economy, Europe’s biggest, is so strong that it can avoid a longer recession, Reuters reports.