Erfurt (dpa/th) - Around 150,000 students and around 16,000 technical students in Thuringia still have to be patient when the energy flat-rate of 200 euros each is paid out. Thuringia is joining an agreement between the states and the federal government and is issuing a corresponding regulation so that the funds can be paid out by the federal government, the state chancellery announced on Tuesday in Erfurt. The cabinet decided that.
This means that the payment could be made according to the schedule provided by the federal government. The students have been waiting for the announced one-off payment for months. That had caused criticism.
Applications for the money require registration in an online portal, which should be activated from March 15th. The registration data would be provided by the respective educational institution. This must also create an encrypted list of beneficiaries and send it to the state. After a positive review of the applications by the online platform, the payment of the 200 euros to the applicants would be arranged via the federal treasury, according to the notification.
