Union faction leader Frei is calling for quick relief from fuel prices

Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei believes that quick decisions by the coalition to relieve drivers of high fuel prices are achievable. “I believe that if you do this quickly now, it can be achieved by October 1st,” said the CDU politician on the ARD program “Maischberger”. This is ambitious, but it has already worked in the past, he made clear with a view to the fuel discount in the spring. “If we work closely together, including in parliament, then that is an opportunity.”

Frei again mentioned the options as a further reduction in energy tax based on the model of the fuel discount in May and June as well as a reduction in VAT on fuels from 19 to 7 percent. Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) has also spoken out in favor of this.

You also have to think about: "What do you do now until the end of the year, and how do you proceed beyond that? Because the reason for the high fuel prices may not disappear at the turn of the year," said Frei, with a view to risks for important delivery routes for oil and gas in the Middle East. We therefore have to be prepared “that this will not change in the short term, and then we also need a permanent answer”.