The Swedes will receive help to pay their heating and their electricity bill. The government has indeed decided to offset part of the price increase with a subsidy, which may reach 600 euros. An unprecedented measure in a country with a very liberal economy.
With our correspondent in Stockholm, Frederic False
Since the beginning of winter, and the rise in electricity prices, alarmist reports have multiplied in the Swedish media: such and such a family has been forced to take out a loan from the bank to pay its energy bill; another has closed off unoccupied rooms and re-ignited the more economical wood-burning stoves. Calls that have not left the Social Democratic government unmoved, especially with the approach of the general elections in September.
The Minister of Finance, Mikael Damberg, therefore announced the establishment “ of an exceptional measure, to respond to an exceptional situation “. Households whose consumption exceeds 2,000 kWh per month between December and February will receive, without requesting it, a subsidy of up to 600 euros.
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