Rising energy costs require urgent action. This view is the top of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. What exactly is she asking of the government?
The head of the Union faction has demanded a government statement in the Bundestag from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in view of the high energy prices for the coming week.
“In our view, a parliamentary debate on the measures that are now necessary is absolutely necessary without any further delay,” said the letter from Union faction leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) and CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt to the Chancellor. The letter was presented to the German Press Agency on Friday. It states that an overall concept of how the economic situation can be stabilized is still missing “and endangers livelihoods”.
Threatening wave of bankruptcies
A looming wave of insolvencies threatens to plunge the country into a recession – “with all the consequences that such a development would have for employees, for companies and also for the state budget and Germany’s role in Europe,” warn Merz and Dobrindt. Many people do not know how they should still pay the constantly rising prices in everyday life. Against the background of the dramatic situation, the Union faction is ready to meet on Tuesday for a special session of the Bundestag with a government statement and subsequent discussion.
The Chancellor is expected to appear before the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week. After a concerted action meeting with trade unions and employers on Thursday, he was optimistic that energy prices in the country would fall in the foreseeable future. A commission of experts is to make proposals on the cost of heat and the price of gas by October. Among other things, tax and duty-free payments by employers are intended to relieve employees.
Source: Stern
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