HANNOVER (dpa-AFX) – ‘Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung’ on the relief package
The traffic light coalition itself raised expectations of the third relief package, which it is now falling short of. The resolutions should be “powerful” and “precise”. A volume of 65 billion euros is massive, no question about it, but the aid is anything but precise, especially in the areas where most people have the greatest worries: the price of gas and the cost of living. For days it was debated whether a basic gas requirement should be calculated and a price cap set on top of it. Now a commission of experts is to clarify “promptly” “whether and, if so, how such a model can be implemented in Germany or Europe”. This will take time./yyzz/DP/zb