CSU demands another relief package: Söder wants 300 euros energy flat rate for pensioners
Created: 06/20/2022, 18:16
By: Anika Zuschke
Next relief package 2022: CSU chairman Markus Söder calls for further relief for citizens.
© Sven Hoppe/dpa
Will the next relief package come in 2022?
If it is up to the CSU – yes.
Markus Söder calls for numerous new reliefs - including the energy flat rate for pensioners.
Munich – Another relief package called for in 2022: With a 15-point paper on Monday, June 20, 2022, the CSU suggested that the federal government should accommodate the citizens of Germany with further relief.
In order to fight inflation, among other things, VAT on staple foods is to be temporarily abolished.
In addition, the CSU, with party leader Markus Söder at the helm, is demanding that the 300 euro energy flat rate also be paid to pensioners and students – so far the energy flat rate from the 2022 relief package has only applied to employed persons who are subject to income tax, reports kreiszeitung.de.
In addition to the CSU, the left also spoke out on Monday for additional relief and pushed for a compensation of 125 euros per month in the wake of inflation.
Relief package 2022: CSU with Markus Söder wants more help - energy flat rate for pensioners too
The federal government must now become more active in energy policy and throw ideologies overboard, said CSU politician Söder according to the
German Press Agency (dpa)
.
As a result, the electricity tax and the taxation of heating oil and diesel for local public transport should also be reduced, according to the 15-point paper, which could lead to a new relief package in 2022 if the CSU's demands are implemented.
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Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder also called on the federal government to reduce the considerable state debt, which could lead to a significant investment backlog if interest rates rise.
"The federal government is increasing the problems instead of solving them permanently," said the party leader.
Will the third relief package come in 2022?
CSU demands winter housing benefit and abolition of cold progression
In order to offer financial support to heavily burdened and low-income households, they are to be granted a winter housing benefit in addition to the 2022 relief package.
In addition, the CSU is calling for the cold progression to be abolished: an increased tax on increases in income that is used exclusively to compensate for inflation.
"The state indirectly enriches itself from inflation - that can't be the case," says Söder, according to
dpa
, loudly criticizing politics in Berlin.
Compared to
tz.de
, the CSU party leader also sharply criticized the traffic light government: "To date, the traffic light has not presented a sustainable concept for energy supply and for combating the massively rising prices." That is why the party is now demanding a new relief package for the middle of the population.
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CSU, SPD and Greens are calling for further relief in 2022: "After the relief package is before the relief package"
The CSU is not alone in this wish.
The SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich and Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir (Greens) have already brought further relief on the plan.
In an interview with t-online.de
,
Mützenich shared the opinion that middle-class society in particular deserves additional relief due to rising energy and food prices.
According to Welt am Sonntag
, Özdemir said
simply: "After the relief package is before the relief package."
The Green Party leader Ricarda Lang has also promised further relief.
She announced financial aid for autumn and winter to cushion rising gas and electricity prices.
"There will be further relief," Lang assured
Bild am Sonntag
.
As part of this, she suggested extending the popular 9-euro ticket beyond August.
Lindner dampens hope for a new relief package in 2022: "The federal government is at its financial limit"
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner, on the other hand, dampened hopes of further relief for citizens in 2022. “There is little financial and legal leeway for this if we don’t save elsewhere.
That must be taken into account in all proposals," said the FDP chairman to
t-online.
The federal government had reached its financial limit, which is why he advised letting the previous relief work first.
In addition to the 9-euro ticket and the energy flat rate of 300 euros, these also include the fuel discount - which has not yet had any effect - as well as the children's bonus and the Hartz IV bonus of 200 euros.
