German minister backs call for more full-timers to boost economy

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2026-01-26

Hamburg (dpa) - German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Monday said that it was important that people work full-time in order to boost the economy, after a proposal by fellow conservatives to restrict the legal right to part-time work caused an outcry. It comes as a group within Germany's governing Christian Democrats (CDU) focussed on economic policy called for the right to part-time work to only be granted if someone is raising children, ca......

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