What The Relief Measures Appear Like?

 Basically, four things:

1.  There's going to be 1.5-billion Euro shifted to the 16 states for new monthly Bahn/bus ticket schemes.....in the 49 to 69 Euro a month range.  

Helpful?  Most people will respond it's too much for the cost.  They wanted the 9-Euro monthly tickets, and it's just not going to happen.

2.  Kid benefits per couple?  Going up by 18 Euro for the 1st and 2nd kid.  

3.  Some kind of housing/heat 'check' will occur....figure for a 1-person apartment....around 415 Euro, and 540 for two people.  Would pay out by end of the year.....program then ends.

4.  Pension folks would get a 1-time check of 300 Euro by the end of the year.  Students and trainees would get a 1-time check of 200 Euro.  Strictly to cover energy cost, but I doubt if it even starts to cover one-third of the problem.

All total?  In the sixty-billion Euro range.  My humble belief is that it'll come to a January meeting, with another sixty-billion required to make people happy.