The chancellor Austria Nekhammer threatened to raise taxes on excess profit of the power companies

The chancellor Austria Carl Nekhammer threatens to raise taxes on excess profit of the energy companies if they do not reduce the price of energy. About it reports Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti". "If the power companies directly now do not start reducing the price … Then we in the person of the republic will force them to pay for it" — Nekhammer after discussion of a package of measures against inflation on council of ministers told. The law will be adopted in June, it will allow to tax excess profit in case of refusal companies to reduce the prices of energy. According to the chancellor, it will help to reduce consumer prices in the country. In December former vice-chancellor...