The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Call to prevent power cuts in poorest German households More than 340,000 electricity customers across Germany have their power cut off each year for failing to pay bills. A new proposal from one political party aims to change this. https://www.thelocal.de/20190514/call-to-prevent-power-cuts-in-german-households-amid-rising-energy-poverty Tue, 14 May 2019 12:30:07 +0200 call-to-prevent-power-cuts-in-german-households-amid-rising-energy-poverty