Coalition agree: 20-euro surcharge for children affected by poverty

BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – Children affected by poverty should receive an immediate surcharge of 20 euros per month from July 1st because of the high energy prices. The heads of the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP agreed on this on Wednesday, as can be seen from a decision paper available to the German Press Agency./tam/DP/jha

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