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The federal states are resisting having to pay the bulk of the energy price flat rate. (Image: Bundesrat/Sascha Radke)
Berlin (energate) - In view of increased energy costs due to the war in Ukraine, the German government wants to pay its citizens a lump sum of 300 euros each - largely financed by the regional states (Länder) and municipalities. But the states and municipalities are resisting and are demanding that the federal government pay the billions of euros in costs itself. This was stated by the regional states at a special session of the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) on the ...
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