NAfter long deliberations until Sunday night, the traffic light agreed on a third relief package. According to the decision paper, the package of measures has a total volume of 65 billion euros.
According to the AFP news agency, the package includes a one-off payment of 300 euros for pensioners, and students should receive a one-time payment of 200 euros. Those entitled to housing benefit received an additional heating cost subsidy of 415 euros. In addition, the federal government is to provide 1.5 billion euros for a follow-up solution for the 9-euro ticket. The prerequisite is that “the federal states make at least the same amount available,” says the paper. The goal is an “attractively priced ticket” in the range of 49 to 69 euros per month for a nationwide public transport ticket.
According to the traffic light coalition, a reduced price should apply for a certain basic consumption of electricity in the future. For an additional consumption beyond that, the price would not be limited. This emerges from the resolution paper of the coalition committee of the SPD, Greens and FDP, which was published in Berlin on Sunday.
“It is finished. Very good result,” Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) tweeted on Sunday morning at 6:13 a.m. Negotiations had started 18 hours earlier. It is already the third package of measures intended to offset the drastic price increases – especially in the energy sector – as a result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
In addition to Scholz, Finance Minister Lindner and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens), several other ministers and the leaders of the three parliamentary groups and parties took part in the negotiations. The coalition partners had raised expectations themselves before the decision was made. Lindner and SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich had promised a “massive package”.
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