German finance minister wants EU to use oil profits to help drivers

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2026-03-20

Berlin (dpa) - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil on Friday called on the European Commission to quickly present a proposal that would use what he called the energy industry's windfall profits stemming from the Iran war to help consumers. Klingbeil told dpa that he plans to discuss measures against high energy prices with his EU counterparts at a finance ministers' meeting next week. "Windfall taxes existed as a joint EU legal measure after t......

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