High “pasta with ketchup quota”
More than eleven percent can rarely afford meat
7/31/2023 1:46 am
Bread and pasta fill you up, but in the long run most people want a little more variety in their diet. That is now too expensive for around ten million people in Germany. Left parliamentary group leader Bartsch calls for a temporary suspension of VAT on staple foods.
According to a report, 11.4 percent of Germans could not afford a meal with meat, poultry, fish or an equivalent vegetarian alternative at least every other day in 2022. As the editorial network Germany reports, citing figures from the EU statistical authority Eurostat, the proportion increased by 0.9 percentage points compared to 2021. Almost 10 million people are affected.
According to Eurostat data, the proportion of people who have to restrict their diet in this way is particularly high among single parents. 19.3 percent cannot eat meat, fish or an equivalent vegetarian meal at least every two days. That is 2.6 percent more than in 2021. A good 85 percent of single parents in Germany are mothers.
The head of the left parliamentary group, Dietmar Bartsch, accused the federal government of having done “nothing” to the RND against the “explosion in food prices”. “The supermarket has become a haven for cashing in,” said Bartsch, adding: “The higher the prices, the higher the pasta-with-ketchup quota.” The left-wing parliamentary group leader called for at least a temporary suspension of VAT on staple foods and “consistent” state price controls for supermarket groups.