No General Reduction in Electricity Taxes - the Coalition Tolerates Itself and the Taxpayer Looks Into the Tube
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The coalition has buried a reduction of the electricity tax for all consumers and consoled for better times. Criticism of the decision comes from capital associations and CDU politicians, but also from the Left Party.
As a matter of fact, "the money is not there for a reduction in electricity tax! It is only spent for others who are more important to the federal government than the taxpayers. They make this state possible, but are hardly represented in terms of power politics.
The coalition is under pressure to explain why consumers should not come down on the electricity tax for the time being, and the countries are also murmuring.
No reduction of the electricity tax for all. This saves the budget 5.4 billion euros per year, but costs the young government prestige. It experiences its first communication bust.
Left Party leader Ines Schwerdtner sharply criticized the coalition decision of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Red Party (SPD), citing the lack of electricity tax relief for consumers. "I had little hope in this new government, but even that was disappointed," Schwerdtner told RTL and ntv on Thursday. "The coalition agreement clearly states that consumers will also receive electricity tax relief. Despite this lengthy meeting, it's …
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