Germany’s struggle to address its shortage of millions of skilled workers could cost the country its place as one of the world’s leading economies if the government does not act soon, said Labour Minister Hubertus Heil on Monday. “If we don’t address the problem of labour and skills shortages now, it will become the main obstacle to growth in Germany,” Heil said in Berlin at a conference on the predicament organized by the government. There was a growing need to “get all people who want to work in the country into work, into training,” said Economy Minister Robert Habeck. “In the long term, th…