Stock Photo - 14 October 2022, Thuringia, Erfurt: Matthias Hey, head of the SPD parliamentary group, speaks in the plenary hall of the Thuringian state parliament. In a special session, the establishment of an energy aid fund financed from state funds is to be decided. In the so-called special fund outside the state budget, a total of 407 million euros could then be made available this year, primarily for companies, but also associations and private households that are suffering particularly from the massive increase in energy costs. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa. - Erfurt/Thuringia/Germany