Thuringia: Red-Red-Green: Corona funds also help in the energy crisis

Erfurt (dpa/th) - Thuringia's red-red-green government coalition wants to provide a double-digit million amount as quick help for citizens and the economy in the energy crisis.

Thuringia: Red-Red-Green: Corona funds also help in the energy crisis

Erfurt (dpa/th) - Thuringia's red-red-green government coalition wants to provide a double-digit million amount as quick help for citizens and the economy in the energy crisis. One way to make this possible with the necessary speed is to expand the objectives of the existing Corona aid fund to this area, said the parliamentary group leader of the left, Steffen Dittes, on Wednesday in Erfurt. There are currently around 90 million euros left in the fund, 60 million of which could be used to help families or municipal companies in need, for example.

The parliamentary group leaders of the SPD, Matthias Hey, and the Greens, Astrid Rothe-Beinlich, campaigned for this path with the opposition. This requires a change in the law on the so-called Corona special fund, which red-red-green cannot decide on their own. The coalition lacks four votes for its own majority in the state parliament. Representatives of the opposition from the CDU, AfD and FDP were cautious. You have not yet received a draft law that could be examined.