BERLIN (Reuters) – German finance minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday it was not yet clear whether a gas price brake for consumers and small businesses planned from March could be brought forward, pointing to technical and legal difficulties in accelerating the move. Some state ministers have called for the price brake to come into force in January, as will be the case for larger industrial firms, in order to support smaller businesses and households through the winter. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a meeting with the chamber of commerce in Munich on Saturday that the government had to …