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Berlin Blasted over U-Turn on Household Electricity Tax Cut

Summary by EURACTIV
Berlin's decision to keep the €20.50-per-megawatt-hour electricity tax has sparked criticism, including from within German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's own party.

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Lower electricity prices for all: the government had promised this a few weeks ago. Now there is suddenly no money for it. Criticism is fierce – and the coalition is in a state of crisis.

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For the first time since the beginning of their term of office, a decision by the Federal Government is met with almost unanimous criticism. The lack of a reduction in electricity tax for all brings great trouble.

Lean Right

The promise was clear: in the coalition agreement, the Federal Government announces that the electricity tax for consumers will be reduced to the European minimum. This will not happen. Instead, Schwarz-Rot wants to subsidise the gas price. In the "climate laboratory" of ntv, the electric trade is sounding alarm.

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Criticism of the power tax decision does not ebb. The coalition is increasingly under pressure.

hna.dehna.de
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The electricity tax should not be lowered for all as announced in the coalition agreement. Criticism of this does not ebb.

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www.t-online.de broke the news in on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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