Saarland Prime Minister Anke Rehlinger has called on her state colleagues to support the federal government aid package. “In view of Olaf Scholz and the federal government’s thunderous billion-dollar announcements, federal states cannot act like small shopkeepers,” the SPD politician told media group Funke newspapers.
Berlin – “The federal government is accepting huge burdens on the federal budget and we states will also have to take our share.”
“But that doesn’t mean the nonsense can persist,” Rehlinger said. Without increasing the regionalization funds, a successor to the 9 euro bill makes no sense. “What good is a bad cheap bus?” he said.
The federal government had announced a bailout package of up to 200 billion euros to protect consumers and businesses from the high energy prices caused by the war in Ukraine. Gas and electricity prices should be limited. There should be liquidity and equity support for companies that do not sufficiently benefit from the electricity and gas price caps. The details are still open. The aid will be financed through loans. On Tuesday, federal state heads of government will discuss aid with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
Brandenburg Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) has asked the federal government for binding details for the package. “It’s good that now something seems to be moving in the federal government. But we need to know exactly what is planned so that we can coordinate well between the federal and state governments, “said the SPD politician at the German news agency in Potsdam. He expects a joint breakthrough will be made at the conference Prime Ministers. dpa
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