How Spain almost capped food prices - Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

In the wedding of the EU-wide inflation crisis, the Spanish left government wanted to introduce a price cap for a selection of staple foods, which did not allow it to prevail. Thus, the fight against inflation shrank to one-off payments for low-income families and to eliminate VAT. However, because the supermarket chains canceled the tax reduction as an additional gain, food prices remained high. In mid 2021, Europe shrivelled from one crisis to…