Tag: tank discount
Energy Prices: Outbidding Competition of Harmful Aids
The traffic light party leaders Lars Klingbeil (left), Ricarda Lang, Christian Lindner The problem is not the high energy prices, but the reaction of the federal government. (Photo: dpa) What’s…
Government relief packages: the wrong people are benefiting
Berlin The target group is broad. When it comes to relieving citizens of the high energy prices, the government has “the broad spectrum of society in mind,” explained Green co-leader…
Tax cuts would bring Putin millions a day
Record prices at the pump “In relative terms, fuel is no more expensive than it was ten years ago,” says traffic researcher Gernot Sieg. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin The number…
The hot air of the liberals
gas prices Ironically, the Liberals want to intervene in the market. (Photo: dpa) The traffic light coalition wants to spend almost six billion euros in tax money to relieve commuters…
Fuel and ticket discounts cause trouble for the coalition
Berlin The federal government’s relief package turns out to be a stress test for the traffic light coalition. As the Handelsblatt learned from coalition circles, it is questionable whether the…
Why the business model is dead
Successful salespeople get on well with as many potential customers as possible. All federal governments of the past decades followed this maxim – and so products “made in Germany” were…
Planned relief tear a hole in the budget
Almost overnight it became clear how dependent Germany is on Russian energy, especially natural gas. The tacit basic assumption of the planned energy transition that cheap Russian gas is ultimately…
Does the high fuel price help the climate?
Dusseldorf The 43 million motorists in Germany have to dig deep into their pockets: in mid-March, a liter of premium petrol cost more than 2.20 euros. At the beginning of…
Coalition is struggling to relieve consumers
Berlin The traffic light coalition is still looking for the right recipe to relieve citizens of the high fuel and heating costs. The proposal for a mobility allowance comes from…
Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke in an interview
Berlin Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) has warned against stopping the import of oil and gas from Russia because of the war of aggression in Ukraine. “I hope that…
A minister dares the power test
Berlin Christian Lindner makes a demonstrative role change when he sits in the federal press conference on Wednesday. First, as Minister of Finance, he will present the new federal budget…
The flat-rate tank discount is not really a help
Christian Lindner The Finance Minister had brought up a tank discount of 30 to 40 cents. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) The coalition partners are still arguing about what their second…
Peace protests on Putin TV – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
The protest against the Ukraine war cannot be stopped completely, even in the flawless autocracy of Russia. Yesterday, for example, an editor hijacked the most important news program on Russian…
Association fears “death blow” for many gas stations
Berlin The criticism of the plans of Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) for a tank subsidy does not stop. In principle, a relief for drivers in the current situation…
Relieves the drivers – criticism of Lindner is unjustified
Fuel prices at all-time high The corporations make margins. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) At first glance, the “tank discount” introduced by Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner may appear questionable in terms…
Relieves the drivers – criticism of Lindner is unjustified
Fuel prices at all-time high The corporations make margins. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) At first glance, the “tank discount” introduced by Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner may appear questionable in terms…
Green tear up Christian Lindner’s relief plan
That would not help those who needed it most. “We have to relieve the pressure well into the middle, but not blindly with the watering can. In terms of regulatory…
Christian Lindner helps in front of the gas station attendant – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
In the fight against high petrol prices, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) rejects a reduction in VAT or mineral oil tax. That would automatically make the state a co-beneficiary of…