Powerful Spd Wing Demands: Vat for Healthy Food to Zero

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Berlin – Life is getting more and more expensive: Consumer prices rose by 2.7 percent in March. SPD politicians demand zero value added tax on basic foods against inflation.

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SPD parliamentary group vice-chair Esra Limbacher and DGB chair Yasmin Fahimi are calling for the abolition of value-added tax on basic foodstuffs. Both want to provide targeted relief to citizens in light of inflation – with different priorities for implementation. | Current news from Germany and the world

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The SPD's economic wing, the "Seeheimer Kreis," is calling for the abolition of value-added tax (VAT) on healthy food products. "Inflation is poison—for our economy and for every citizen," Esra Limbacher, head of the Seeheimer Kreis and deputy leader of the SPD parliamentary group, told Bild am Sonntag. "We need an inflation brake for ordinary people in our country." German politicians cannot control international oil prices. "But we can ensure…