The black-red coalition has decided to let the fuel discount expire as planned on June 30. Faction representatives warned of possible price increases and announced swift countermeasures.
The Bundestag factions of the CDU and SPD agreed not to extend the fuel discount. Sepp Müller of the CDU and Armand Zorn of the SPD told Bild newspaper that the measure had worked but was no longer fiscally justifiable. The government threatened oil companies with swift reactions to sharp price jumps from July 1. Special sessions of the Bundestag would be possible even during the summer recess. The discount of up to 17 cents per liter had been introduced due to rising prices after the Iran war for May and June and cost the state around 1.6 billion euros. Further relief measures such as subsidies or tax cuts are currently under review.
