RATINGEN (dpa-AFX) – North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst described the basic idea of a gas levy as “correct”. “Stabilization via a levy is basically not wrong,” said the CDU politician on Monday after visiting the gas market regulator Trading Hub Europe in Ratingen. “But the current levy cannot remain the way it is. There is no dissent in the Union either.”
It is now known that not all companies that have filed claims have an absolute need. Many people also felt that they were “a little bit” misled. “We now have to make sure that everything that’s being done has the necessary acceptance, and that’s why it’s good and right – I expressly welcome that – that Federal Minister Habeck has announced that he’ll do some more work and make improvements.”
NRW Economics Minister Mona Neubaur (Greens) spoke of a “construction error” at the joint appointment. The Federal Ministry of Economics is working to find a solution as soon as possible. “I can’t say in which direction the correction is going in detail.” She defended the basic idea: “The gas levy is in the ways in which a traffic light coalition allows it – i.e. with a balanced budget in 2023 and without tax increases – what is possible to distribute the burden.”/tob/DP/mis
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