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German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday that a deal to rescue the struggling Meyer Werft shipyard from its current financial crisis is “within reach.” Meyer Werft is a traditional and “very, very efficient” shipyard in Germany, Habeck said while visiting the Gamescom video gaming trade fair in Cologne. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to visit the shipyard to speak with workers later on Thursday amid reports that progress is being made toward a deal for a government bailout of the shipyard. Top leaders from the German state of Lower Saxony, where the shipya…

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