Entlastungen: Hohe Spritpreise: Frei schlägt Senkung der Mehrwertsteuer vor
Die Preise für Benzin und Diesel steigen, der Druck auf die Koalition wächst. Unionsfraktionschef Thorsten Frei plädiert für Steuerrabatte und setzt einen konkreten Zeitrahmen.
Hürth - Unions leader Thorsten Frei has called for urgent relief for consumers amid soaring fuel prices. "People need relief right now, not just the promise of relief," Frei told RTL and ntv's "Frühstart" program. He believes emergency measures should be implemented by 1st October. Frei did not expect relief to come from addressing the root cause - the situation in the Persian Gulf.
He suggested two possible ways to provide relief: reducing the energy tax similar to the tank rebate introduced in May and June, or lowering the value-added tax on fuels from 19 to 7 percent. The state benefits from high fuel prices and should consider returning some of that revenue. Frei dismissed the SPD's proposal to use the surplus profits of oil companies as a solution.
When asked if a surplus tax on oil companies would come from his coalition partner, the SPD, Frei said "I don't see that currently." Green Party vice chairman Andreas Audretsch also criticized the federal government for not acting decisively enough, calling for a surplus tax and relief on the electricity tax in an interview with ZDF's "Morgenmagazin".
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