German government debates household electricity tax cut in U-turn following public outcry

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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Electricity prices remain high – and the promised relief for households isn't coming. Friedrich Merz and Lars Klingbeil are coming under pressure because their coalition agreement promised a reduction in electricity taxes – but there's no trace of this in the approved budget. Even within the SPD, discontent is growing. Rasmus Buchsteiner explains why a quiet solution is now essential between the …

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The reduction in electricity prices, from which only a few capitals profit, causes indignation. In the coalition agreement it was promised to all. Union and SPD they want to negotiate again, but emphasize their costs.

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The dispute over the electricity tax is intensifying. The Merz government is not well advised to delay the discharge for consumers, comments Mike Schier.

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The fact that Chancellor Merz apparently cancelled the reduction of the electricity tax for private customers without the involvement of his CDU triggers fierce displeasure in his own camp. Christian democrats stick to the project – and transfer responsibility to the SPD: that should make cuts in the citizens' money.

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According to the Ministry of Finance, a reduction in the electricity tax could cost more than five billion euros. Despite criticism, the government only relies on selective reliefs.

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Despite the biggest new debt of all time, the promised reduction in the electricity tax does not come. The CDU wants to get the citizen's money, the SPD stops the mother's pension. It accuses the Union of acting like the FDP in the traffic light.