According to him, companies that really need it should receive compensation for the increased cost of fuel in Germany against the backdrop of reduced supplies of Russian fuel.
“What we definitely don’t need is for freeloaders who make good profits to have access to help,” the minister explained in an interview with Deutschlandfunk.
According to Spiegel, the gas fee in Germany from October will be 2.4 euro cents per 1 kWh.
Earlier, the head of the German Federal Grid Agency, Klaus Müller, called on EU citizens to reduce energy consumption in order to stabilize gas prices.