“The breakthrough of the two-euro barrier at the pump is an impertinence for everyone who is professionally dependent on their motor vehicle. An immediate fuel price brake is needed here,” he told the German Press Agency in Saarbrücken on Monday. Because of the “rapid rise in prices”, energy taxes would have to be temporarily reduced.
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In addition, there is a need for a short-term reduction in VAT on fuel prices. “What was done in the Corona crisis with VAT must also be possible in an energy price crisis in order to relieve people,” said Hans. Of course, one thing is clear: “In the medium to long term, we have to adapt to rising energy prices. Climate protection is not available for free. However, the current gas, fuel and electricity price increases are in no way proportionate.”
According to Hans, what the federal government recently presented as a relief package “is far from enough to prevent imbalances far into the middle class”. Normal earners and skilled workers are already far too burdened. “It’s unacceptable that rising energy prices, especially in rural areas, mean that people have to think about how they can get to work in the future or take their children to football training because they can no longer afford the gas prices.”
Söder calls for a reduction in VAT on petrol
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has called for a reduction in VAT on petrol in view of the skyrocketing prices due to the Ukraine war. What is needed is “an immediate brake on energy prices, especially in the area of fuels,” said Söder in Munich. The value-added tax for petrol must be reduced from 19 to 7 percent “as soon as possible”.
It is morally unacceptable that the state is now making additional money from the burden on citizens because of the value added tax, which is added to the rising price. A reduction in VAT to 0 percent within the entire European Union is also conceivable.
Söder also advocated a longer term for nuclear power plants and coal-fired power plants. “First of all, don’t switch off anything, but try to organize the whole thing at least for a transitional period,” says Söder.
Diesel price overtakes petrol price
Diesel is more expensive than petrol: nationwide, a liter of Super E10 cost an average of 1.965 euros on Sunday, as the ADAC announced on Monday. Diesel was even two cents more expensive than Super and rose to 1.984 euros.
SAARBRUCKEN/MUNICH/BERLIN (dpa-AFX/Dow Jones)
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