#double boom! What the network of Olaf Scholz and the gas price brake holds
The gas price brake is coming, but the gas surcharge is history. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economics Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner presented this result to the press. Scholz spoke of the “double boom” of the measures. You don’t let this through ball lie on Twitter.
Gas price brake is coming: Scholz’ double boom is taking off online
The unloved gas levy is not coming after all. Various price increases announced by energy companies will soon have to be reversed. The traffic light triumvirate of Olaf Scholz (SPD), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Christian Lindner (FDP) announced the good news for consumers fearing winter. Instead of this should there be a gas price brake parallel to the electricity price brake. Both measures are intended to keep the energy costs for German citizens and companies in check.
The government wants to provide up to 200 billion euros for this. Because the gas price brake means for energy suppliers that they can no longer simply pass extreme price increases on the market to consumers. Instead, the money for the high prices should come from the state. But Olaf Scholz also took center stage at the event with his choice of words, which will soon become legendary:
“We are putting up a large rescue package so that prices can fall,” said Scholz during the press conference. Essentially, it consists of electricity and gas price brakes and the necessary funds. Chancellor Scholz described the measures as “a double boom”. The hashtag is born:
Echo to #Doppelwumms: Twitter launches an all-out attack
Accordingly, the SPD party executive immediately took up the double boom:
In addition to the gas prices, which will hopefully be capped properly in the near future, the reactions to Scholz’s creation are making some Twitter users happy:
In terms of content, the gas price brake is often well received:
But for the choice of words, the chancellor had to put up with some sharp remarks in addition to good-natured mockery:
Some suspect another background behind the booming noise:
Even with electricity and gas price brakes, a balcony power plant can help you to reduce energy costs:
It remains to be seen in the coming weeks how exactly the implementation should succeed and how well and, above all, quickly the plans will be implemented.
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