Lars Klingbeil takes over from Joerg Kukies as Germany's new Finance Minister. Klingbeil will wield a spending "bazooka" worth hundreds of billions of euros to rebuild Germany's military and infrastructure, agreed by the previous parliament. "We will work with our European partners and the European institutions to find ways to increase investment," says Klingbeil during a joint press conference, adding, "I am confident that we will find these ways." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES