Berlin/Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) – The Hessian Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU) described the deliberations of the Prime Ministers’ Conference on the federal government’s third relief package as the basis for further negotiations on October 4th. The states agreed in Berlin on a joint approach and formulated their demands on the federal government, according to a statement published on Wednesday evening.
The consultation of the federal states in Berlin had shown “that the federal government is still not capable of acting,” criticized Rhein. “People in our country are waiting for a clear signal from the traffic light coalition. They want answers to the crucial questions in this energy crisis.” It is the task of the politicians to give the citizens security in uncertain times. The federal and state governments should “take care of people’s concerns together and constructively.”
At the beginning of the month, the federal government presented a third relief package worth 65 billion euros to compensate for rapidly rising prices. However, the financing issues have not yet been clarified between the federal and state governments. The prime ministers are vehemently opposed to excessive cost burdens and criticize the style of the traffic light coalition in terms of the surcharge that has not been agreed with the federal states. Individual countries have already threatened blockades in the Bundesrat.
The special conference of the prime ministers was originally intended to be the prelude to subsequent federal-state talks. Because of the corona infection of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), the joint round has now been postponed to next Tuesday.
