German inflation is expected to average 6% this year, after reaching 7.9% in 2022, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told lawmakers on Thursday. Forecasts indicated that it would be possible to curb inflation and break the current trend during the course of this year, Habeck said. This would require bringing down spiralling energy prices, he said, while adding that core inflation must also fall. Inflation in Germany has been at its highest levels since World War II, driven primarily by a surge in food and energy costs due to the war in Ukraine. Habeck was delivering a government statement to parl…