German Chancellery Apparently Blocks Sugar Tax
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der Standard DEThe background is that the revenue from the sugar tax expected by the Ministry of Finance seems to deviate from the calculations of the Financial Commission for Health
The chancellor's office rejects Lars Klingbeil's move to the sugar tax. The draft departs from the proposal of the Finanzkommission Gesundheit (Financial Commission for Health) as a justification.
Berlin curbs Minister Klingbeil's 1.2 billion plan: the tax on sugary drinks would have hit consumers up to 38 cents per litre. The Chancellery intervenes to avoid a flame on prices and a government crisis. The article Total Clash in Berlin: the Chancellery stops the stag on the drinks. Merz restrains Klingbeil on the billion of sugar comes from Economic Scenarios.
The food industry welcomes the preliminary stop to the plans of Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) for a tax on sugary beverages. "Finally, a key word of the Chancellor," said Christoph Minhoff, Chief Executive Officer of the German Food Industry Association and the Food Association, the "Rheinische Post". It is good to "stop this completely out of hand bill for the time being," added Minhoff. The economy continues to be willing to ta…
Only on Wednesday, Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil had given his draft for the so-called sugar tax to the ministries. One day later, the chancellor's office came to the brake. What happened?
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