The German government aims to impose a levy on all gas consumers to help suppliers grappling with rapidly rising import prices, a proposal seen by Reuters showed on Friday. The legislation is expected to be passed by parliament on July 8, according to industry sources and the government. A spokesperson for the economy ministry declined to comment on the proposal but said the ministry was regularly checking existing instruments and whether they could be supplemented. Germany is scrambling to put an emergency mechanism in place before July 11, when 10 days of scheduled maintenance on the […]