Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) Photo: picture alliance/dpa
From BZ/epd
In view of rising energy and food prices, Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) wants to relieve people with social climate money.
“The high prices are really critical for many people,” Heil told the newspapers of the Funke media group (Saturday). If possible, the climate money should be paid out socially staggered to low and normal earners from 2023.
The climate money should be paid out once a year and is aimed at single people who earn less than 4,000 euros gross and married people who together earn less than 8,000 euros gross. The state’s resources are limited, said Heil. “Therefore, we should not spend the climate money with the watering can to everyone.”
The coalition still has to discuss the exact staggering and the exact scope, added the Minister of Social Affairs. The climate money should be financed from the income from CO2 pricing.
