Sausage-loving Germans chew over meat tax plan


  • World
  • Wednesday, 07 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO A waiter carries plates with sausages in a tent during the 182nd Oktoberfest in Munich Germany September 19 2015. REUTERSMichael Dalder

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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