Government warns: Less growth due to a shortage of skilled workers. Hundreds of thousands of jobs and training positions are already open.

In the 1980s, the so-called potential growth, i.e. the growth opportunities under optimal conditions, was 2 percent. Habeck: “Now we're going to 0.5 - why? We lack the hands and the heads” dpa Many companies in Germany are urgently looking for skilled workers, the government warns that the problem could grow.