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German Coalition to Revisit Halted Electricity Tax Cut

Next week’s coalition committee will explore waiving expenditures to fund the promised universal electricity tax cut.

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Overview

  • The coalition narrowed the planned electricity tax cut to industry only, citing tight federal budgets and diverging from its contract pledge to include households.
  • The CDU, CSU and SPD steering committee will meet next Wednesday to identify expendable spending for broader energy relief.
  • Parliamentary chiefs Steffen Bilger (CDU) and Dirk Wiese (SPD) vowed to push the universal tax reduction through the upcoming budget process.
  • Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil have defended the selective relief as a necessary step to protect the federal budget.
  • Energy relief measures due in January—reduced network charges and abolition of the gas storage levy—remain on track.