SPD fastholder afgift på overskud hos olieselskaber trods EU-hindringer

Tysklands SPD presser på for at indføre en national afgift på overskud hos mineralske olieselskaber for at finansiere en brændstofrabat, selv uden en aftale i EU. Initiativet har genantændt spændingerne med koalitionspartneren CDU. Finansminister Lars Klingbeil planlægger at adressere energiafgifter på fredag.

Tysklands SPD fastholder sit ønske om at indføre en afgift på overskud hos mineralske olieselskaber. "Vi holder fast i det: Virksomheder må ikke bruge kriser til at berige sig selv på bekostning af det brede flertal," udtaler Wiebke Esdar, SPD's budget- og finansordfører, til Der Spiegel. "Dem, der flår forbrugerne, skal betale."

Afgiften skal finansiere en brændstofrabat på 17 cent pr. liter, som SPD-leder og vicekansler Lars Klingbeil har aftalt med kansler Friedrich Merz, under forudsætning af EU-godkendelse. En EU-aftale virker dog usandsynlig. Kommissionens næstformand, Teresa Ribera, udtalte onsdag, at alle medlemslande skal stemme enstemmigt. "Det skal være sikkert," advarede hun.

Klingbeils ministerium undersøger implementeringsmuligheder og fortsætter med at presse på for afgiften. "På denne måde kan vi skumme kriseprofit af og bruge den til reel hjælp til borgerne," sagde Klingbeil. Han planlægger at tale om energiafgifter fredag.

CDU modsætter sig tiltaget. Økonomiminister Katherina Reiche har kaldt det en "forkert vej" og forfatningsmæssigt tvivlsom. Kansler Merz er enig. Mistanken retter sig mod olieselskaber, der hæver priserne for meget, trods kartelstramninger såsom daglige prisjusteringer begrænset til én gang om dagen. Rabatten forventes at gælde fra maj i to måneder.

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