Farewell to tank discounts: Drivers have to pay significantly more for petrol and diesel again.
The CDU wants to change that.
The ADAC also criticizes – but mainly at the oil multinationals.
Berlin – Frustration at the gas station for millions of motorists: After the tank discount expired, prices rose significantly at the beginning of the month.
According to ADAC data, a liter of petrol cost around 25 cents more in the morning than the day before.
For diesel, the surcharge was around ten cents.
For Germany's motorists, this marks the end of a three-month breather in fuel prices.
CDU attacks traffic light on tank discount: "No solution for people who depend on the car every day"
From the point of view of the Union faction in the Bundestag, this is a major annoyance.
You can now see "dramatic price increases", according to CDU traffic expert Thomas Bareiß.
The traffic light coalition is responsible for this.
Because: In contrast to the 9-euro ticket, a successor regulation is excluded with the tank discount.
"It is a scandal that the federal government has no solution for the people who depend on the car every day,"
Bareiß told IPPEN.MEDIA 's
Münchner Merkur
.
His demand: the tank discount must be extended.
“The prices for petrol and diesel are dramatically high.
Citizens need further relief," said Bareiß in an interview with our editorial team.
Other countries have shown that this is possible - also with the fuel prices.
Bareiß accuses the traffic light of having "collected the tank discount more or less quietly and secretly".
He was an “important relief” for drivers.
FDP traffic expert makes it clear: There will be no further tank discount
The FDP sees it that way too.
"It's a pity that the tank discount was talked about a bit disparagingly," said the transport policy spokesman for the parliamentary group, Bernd Reuther.
Because he worked.
Many people would have benefited from it.
And yet: "There will be no further tank discount in this form," said Reuther to the
Munich newspaper IPPEN.MEDIA
.
It was clear from the start that this was a temporary measure – one that would expire again after three months.
Which is not to say that there will be no more help.
"The federal government will continue to relieve the energy issue," Reuther told our editorial team.
Drivers should also benefit from this.
The FDP politician could imagine that the commuter allowance would take full effect from the first kilometer – and not from the 21st kilometer, as was previously the case.
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Tank discount end: ADAC considers high prices at gas stations to be unfounded
But that is (still) a dream of the future.
The reality is the high prices at the petrol pumps.
And there is more criticism of that – even after the tank discount expired on Thursday night.
The ADAC says: The high price jumps cannot be explained with this.
"In view of the full tanks at the gas stations, which until yesterday were filled at lower tax rates, this can in no way be justified to consumers," said an association spokeswoman for our editorial team.
That means: The fuel was bought cheaply.
And sold to the motorists at a high price.
For comparison: After a liter of E10 was 1.80 euros on Wednesday, the price rose to two euros overnight.
In addition, from the ADAC point of view: fuel prices have already risen significantly in the last two weeks.
And more so than market developments - such as supply bottlenecks or transport difficulties - could explain.
"In our view, there is no basis for the price jumps," said the spokeswoman.
"The policy of the mineral oil companies remains arbitrary and non-transparent."
