(ANSA) - BERLIN, AUGUST 15 - "Costs are rising, there is no way to avoid it. Energy prices will continue to rise. We are already easing the burden on citizens with 30 billion euros. And we are preparing another aid package. . We will not leave anyone alone. "
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote it today on Twitter, commenting on the new Gasumlage, the supplement in the gas bill that the Germans will find this autumn.
Approved by the government, the surcharge allows companies to pass on their gas purchase costs to consumers.
Thirty billion is instead the total figure of the first two packages of aid and reliefs already decided by Berlin in the last few months.
The executive is now working on a third package.
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