The prices of bread, butter and potatoes have risen sharply in international comparison under the black-green coalition. “The government has done nothing about it,” criticizes the SPÖ. How much more do we have to pay for bread, flour and butter, which the government denies and how the social democrats want to do better.
Since Chancellor Karl Nehammer publicly told Infrastructure Minister Leonore Gewessler on Monday what should have been done differently in the area of infrastructure and road construction, cooperation between the governments has almost ended. There must (and must) be a personnel package that also includes the EU Commissioner. Several things that were recently “in coordination” will be left behind.
These also include the food price comparison database, announced in May 2023. And this despite the fact that prices for everyday food have risen dramatically. According to a new consumer survey by Statistics Austria, Austrians pay 1,000 euros more per year to buy food than Germans. “From psychotropic drugs to hamburgers: the government’s prescriptions have failed,” says Julia Herr, vice chair of the SPÖ club. The increases are particularly large for particularly important everyday foods. The “crown” has the overview.
Source: Krone
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