FILE PHOTO: A waiter carries plates with sausages in a tent during the 182nd Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder
BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers on Wednesday proposed raising the sales tax on meat to help protect the climate and improve animal welfare, kindling a debate in a country renowned for its love of sausages.
Meat in Germany benefits from a reduced value added tax rate of 7%, and the idea is to raise that to the standard 19%.
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