Germany Plans Price Relief for Drivers Amid Rising Fuel Costs
- On Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged that fuel relief measures are coming "very soon," aiming to address citizens' concerns ahead of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election on Sunday.
- Middle East supply disruptions have driven fuel costs sharply higher, pushing E10 gasoline to a record €2.286 per litre and diesel to €2.404, straining commuter budgets across Germany.
- The Social Democrats proposed an "excess profits tax" on energy firms, while the Alternative for Germany parliamentary group urged reducing energy taxes to the European minimum and abolishing CO2 tax.
- Merz is consulting with the 16 federal states on interventions, though his economy ministry resists price caps citing implementation difficulties, while the Federal Cartel Office monitors potential "price gouging."
- Ahead of the state election on Sunday, the Christian Democrats face significant pressure as party leadership vows to connect better with voters following recent electoral losses to the AfD.
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The measure will be supported by the federal states and with the parliamentary groups of the conservative and social-democratic coalition. The subsidy will cost 2,500 million and will enter into force on October 1.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz had promised to bring solutions to relieve the Germans strangled by pump prices, due to the disruptions of the world market caused by the war in the Middle East.
The German government has agreed with the countries on measures against expensive fuel. Specifically, the tax on petrol and diesel should be reduced by 17 cents. However, details are still unclear.
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The German government and federal states have reached an agreement on a plan to lower pump prices, reports the German news agency dpa. The excise duty on diesel and petrol will be reduced by 17 cents per liter.
The cost of the measures, which will include a reduction in fuel tax and the imposition of a price cap, will be borne equally by the federal government and the states, according to ARD.
The German government has decided on measures to relieve high fuel prices, amounting to 2.5 billion euros, as the first channel of the German public television ARD recently reported. The cost of the measures, which will include a reduction in fuel tax and the imposition of a price cap, will be borne equally by the federal state and the states, according to ARD. Official government announcements are expected soon. Read more at iefimerida.gr The G…
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