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By Maria Martinez and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s government clinched a last-minute deal on its 2024 budget on Wednesday that will see Berlin return to its self-imposed limits on new debt despite warnings this could hamper growth in Europe’s top economy and its green transition. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition was faced with either suspending the so-called debt brake or finding some 17 billion euros ($18.3 billion) in savings after a Nov. 15 constitutional court ruling threw its plans into disarray. Weeks of tense talks that had raised doubts the coalition could su…

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