German 2010 GDP growth may be above 2 pct -EconMin

BERLIN, July 24 (Reuters) - The German economy will likely grow stronger in 2010 than the government had earlier expected, with GDP seen expanding by 2 percent or more, Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said in a magazine on Saturday.

The gross domestic product figure would stand far above the government's official 2010 forecast for 1.4 percent, which Bruederle had earlier hinted will be revised up but without giving a specific figure.

"I believe it's safe to say we could even breach the level of two percent," news weekly Focus quoted him as saying. (Reporting by Brian Rohan; Editing by Sugita Katyal)