Inflation and rising energy prices are already making themselves felt in the wallets of people in Germany. A new package of measures for the winter should compensate for the high prices.
SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert has promised that the traffic light government will soon present the planned third relief package. The impatience of the population is “totally understandable”, but “in a few days” the new relief package will be on the table, said Kühnert of the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”. It was always clear that the 9-euro ticket and tank discount would initially expire at the end of August. “That’s why it’s all the more important that the third relief package should ideally be announced before the hammer falls next Thursday.”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) said at a citizens’ dialogue in Magdeburg that the federal government would quickly make a joint proposal for a third package that should absorb the currently high prices. According to him, pensioners should also benefit from this. “That’s for sure for me,” assured Scholz.
Federal Finance Minister and FDP leader Christian Lindner assured in the ZDF program “Maybrit Illner”: “We will have clarity about the relief package for the winter before October.” As a goal, he named support for pensioners, people on basic security and with low incomes “up to the working middle class” – “so that nobody is afraid of an empty refrigerator and a cold apartment”.
In the newspaper interview, Kühnert emphasized that “considerable and targeted relief is necessary, and it will come.” Last but not least, the commuters deserve quick answers as to how things will continue from September, according to the SPD general secretary. “If the tank discount falls, fuel prices of two euros and more can be expected again. That’s simply too much for many people who are absolutely dependent on their car. That’s why there will be comprehensive support.” The negotiation will show whether that will be a higher distance allowance or direct payments to commuters with small and medium-sized incomes.
The SPD general secretary also noted that the package is not just about money. “We can also provide more security without spending a euro,” he explained. “A moratorium on terminating leases, avoiding electricity and gas cuts in winter, greater tenant protection in the event of rent increases: All of these measures cost the federal government nothing, but would at least take away some of the existential worries of many people.”
Source: Stern
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