- The late-night negotiations had resulted in a one-year suspension of the carbon price, although Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD demanded a two-year freeze.
- In 2020, the government coalition of conservative CDU/CSU and the SPD agreed on a domestic carbon price on goods such as petrol, heating oil and gas, a politically unpopular measure yet to be agreed upon at the EU level despite ongoing negotiations.
- In all, the German carbon price will be delayed by an entire year, although experts question the merit of the measure.
Berlin freezes carbon price in the name of crisis relief
