The tripartite coalition also agrees to reduce the price of fuel
The government coalition in Germany has agreed on a package of measures to deal with the high prices of energy and fuel that includes the payment of a single annual premium of 300 euros for each taxpayer that will be paid through salaries, a premium that will increase at 100 euros per person in the case of recipients of social subsidies. The tripartite of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Liberals (FDP) also agreed to pay families a bonus of 100 euros per child. The center-left government alliance also announced a reduction in the price of gasoline by 30 cents per liter and 14 cents per liter in the case of diesel for a limited period of three months so that the fuel tax reaches the level European minimum. The parties that govern Germany since last December also agreed on aid for those people who depend on public transport to go to work and to whom subsidies of nine euros per month for a quarter will be provided for the purchase of tickets and subscriptions.
The co-president of the Greens, Ricarda Lang, pointed out at a press conference that, in the face of the war in Ukraine, the government coalition is looking for ways to minimize this country’s dependence on Russian gas and oil, but also on all fossil fuels. usually. The pact between the SPD, FDP and the environmentalists contemplates “keeping for a longer time in a security reserve” the coal-fired thermal plants for the generation of electricity in order to reduce the consumption of natural gas for energy purposes. That would mean delaying the decommissioning of coal-fired power plants, although “we maintain the ideal goal of leaving the coal age for good by 2030,” Lang said. The president of the SPD, Lars Klingbeil, pointed out that the government had given “an important signal” with the approval of this new package of energy measures, while his colleague from the Liberals and Federal Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, commented that the measures adopted in benefit of the population will be applied “quickly and without bureaucracy”.
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