Topic: Green tax reform Question: How is the financial
statistics data collected and how are the individual positions
defined? We believe a green tax reform is necessary in order to
achieve these energy objectives in a cost-effective manner. It
would be virtually impossible to meet the energy targets without
an increase in energy prices. And yet, energy prices can only
truly be assessed when associated with reimbursements: while
households indeed pay more for energy, they get money back via
their health insurer or in the form of tax credits, for example.
So it is wrong to consider fuel price increases in isolation, as
the burden on households would remain the same overall, despite
higher petrol prices. We are currently developing various models
in order to illustrate the implications of the different
variants. The basic scenarios under consideration assume an
energy tax on fuel of between 50 and 273 centimes per litre in
2050. The petrol price increase that is being put about by the
media is thus a worst-case