The Chancellor said there are studies from countries around Germany that suggest there will be a “big economic problem” in a few years because of the ageing workforce. As a result, he said, immigration is needed. “There is no country in the world with a shrinking working population that has economic growth. That is the truth we are confronted with.” Scholz then compared Germany to an English-speaking country and highlighted the simplified citizenship and skilled workers’ laws the government introduced. “We want people here to get to work, to learn the German language, to abide by the laws, to …