"Gift for fast food chains": Green does not taste VAT reduction in gastronomy

Black and red wants to reduce VAT on food to seven percent from the beginning of the year 2026. The Greens regard such a tax gift as a success of the fast food lobby and complain that restaurant guests could not hope for price reductions. For the CDU, the joke of the measure lies elsewhere.

Black and red has agreed on a VAT reduction for food in the catering industry. Will restaurant guests benefit from it? Even the CDU assumes that the savings will remain with the operators.

The Greens criticise the planned reduction in VAT for food in the catering industry. "The reduced VAT is above all a tax gift for large fast food chains", said Green Group vice-president Andreas Audretsch to the editorial network Germany (RND). "By the way, the much conjured village bar has little of the gift. The beer remains at 19 percent VAT", said Audretsch. "The lobby work of McDonalds at the Union" paid off - the group can look forward to …