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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has assured workers at the Meyer Werft shipyard, which is fighting for its existence amid a financial crisis for the company, of support from the German government. Details of a rescue package remain to be settled, Scholz said at a gathering of shipyard workers in the town of Papenburg. He did not reveal the terms of any offer for government assistance. “But I can make one thing clear today: The federal government is playing its part in the solution,” Scholz said. Germany’s position as the third largest economy in the world requires a strong maritime industry, Sch…

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