It is urgent that a solution is found to the high energy prices, so that the electricity and heating bills of Danes become cheaper again. This is the opinion of both the Conservatives and the Danish People's Party.
Both parties point out that the billions that the state saves due to the high energy prices should be distributed to the Danes who are hardest hit by price increases. This could be, for example, pensioners and low-wage earners.
- We have an acute challenge with very high electricity prices right now. There is money in the system, because the government has at least 2.7 billion that has not been spent due to the high electricity prices.
- Some of the funds can be given back to the citizens and businesses that are hardest hit, says Katarina Ammitzbøll, the Conservatives' energy spokesperson.
Her fellow spokesperson at the Danish People's Party, Morten Messerschmidt, agrees:
- The state saves a lot of money because of the high electricity taxes, since no support is paid for renewable energy. We think that the money that the state saves should be given as a price supplement to especially those people who are hardest hit by the high electricity and heating prices.
- It is especially pensioners and people in the lower part of the income pyramid who do not have such high salaries, he says.
Estimate: The state saves three billion kr.
In October, Danish Energy estimated that the state would save more than three billion kroner in 2021 due to the price increases.
On Friday, Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jørgensen (S) announced that the first discussions will take place on Tuesday next week.
- The government is taking the rising energy prices very seriously, which we have been following very closely with growing concern, says Dan Jørgensen in a written comment.
But that call comes far too late, the two bourgeois parties believe. Morten Messerschmidt describes the process as an "excruciating affair".
- It is really urgent. We have tried for months to call out the government, and the government has referred to the fact that a small pool has been set aside in the budget.
Katarina Ammitzbøll from the Conservative Party is not impressed either.
- I am just quite disappointed that nothing has been done. It is not something that has just come. We saw it already in the autumn, she says.
The budget law has set aside DKK 100 million in a so-called heating package for the municipalities' increased expenses.
Rising energy prices have for a period helped to make everyday life more expensive for Danes. The trend continued in December, when consumer prices rose by 3.1 percent compared to the same month the year before. This was shown in a statement from Statistics Denmark earlier this week.
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