Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig has welcomed the federal government's third relief package. It contains the right steps for the people in the country, explained the SPD politician on Sunday. "The 65 billion euros will help citizens and companies to meet the challenges of the energy crisis." Many suggestions from the energy summit MV are included. She worked very hard to ensure that pensioners and students should now also receive a flat-rate energy price.
The agreed electricity price brake and the planned skimming off of chance profits are also a great help in view of the price increases in the electricity market, explained Schwesig. This applies in particular to citizens with small and middle incomes. "It is correct that this is also being strived for at European and national level for gas prices - as we proposed at our energy summit." In addition, the increase in child benefit, a speedy housing benefit reform, additional help for companies, possible tax-free one-off payments by employers and a successor solution for the 9-euro ticket are particularly important for MV.
In view of rising prices, the traffic light coalition in Berlin had agreed on a third support package worth over 65 billion euros. Pensioners are to receive 300 euros as a one-off energy price flat rate, students and trainees 200 euros. In the future, a discounted price will apply for basic electricity consumption. The goal for a new nationwide public transport ticket is a price range between 49 and 69 euros per month. Standard rates for the needy and child benefit should increase.
