Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year

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 AMMAN—Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labor shortages in key sectors that risk undermining the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.  "The shortage of skilled workers has become so serious by now that it is dramatically slowing down our economy," Christian Duerr, parliamentary leader of the co-governing Free Democrats (FDP), told business magazine WirtschaftsWoche. Read More Mark Carney Wins Canadian Parliamentary Elections Germany Warns Trump Against Imposing a Peace Deal on Ukraine Preliminary Results: Liberals Win Canadian Legislative Elections

 AMMAN—Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labor shortages in key sectors that risk undermining the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. 

"The shortage of skilled workers has become so serious by now that it is dramatically slowing down our economy," Christian Duerr, parliamentary leader of the co-governing Free Democrats (FDP), told business magazine WirtschaftsWoche.