鈥淲e should lower the electricity tax鈥�
Der Tagesspiegel Online
骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 electricity tax is no longer justified in its current form and should be lowered, Hubertus Heil, deputy chairman of the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) parliamentary group, said in an interview with Der Tagesspiegel. The tax was introduced by the SPD and the Green Party at the beginning of the century to support clean energy generation, Heil explained. 鈥淏ut if power becomes more and more green, it doesn't make sense to tax this green power,鈥� he said.
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