High energy bill also causes unrest at companies and residential care centers

And that while the invoices there too have increased enormously. The government temporarily reduces the VAT on electricity from 21 to 6 percent, and each family receives a heating check of 100 euros.

Residential care center Sint-Jozef in Ruiselede is one of 10 rest homes of residential care group Curando with a total of about a thousand residents. The group does not intend to pass on the high rising costs to the residents for the time being.