The Germans demand a price cap for döner kebab

An unexpected thing became one of the topics of the campaign in Germany, and this is döner kebab. The food, domesticated by Turkish immigrants, but now considered a German national treasure for a long time, has become a symbol of food inflation, in connection with which the SPD characterized by Olaf Scholz is attacked by the radical Linke, which has even developed a proposal on how to double the price of food in recent years. to reduce the price of döner. In addition, other parties are also dealing with the topic, reports Index .

The drastic increase in the price of döner kebab is so preoccupying German politics that the government led by Olaf Scholz even published an explanatory post on its social media page, in which it is explained that due to increased energy prices due to Russian aggression and food inflation, the Turkish the price of a food introduced by immigrants that has since become a German national treasure.

The largest junior partner of Scholz's party, the SPD, the youth wing of the eco-friendly Greens, has even launched in which they draw attention to the fact that during the climate crisis, while the rich use private jets, many average Germans find it difficult to do so. to manage the rent and food – or the döner.

However, the recently split Die Linke, which tried to represent both the East German workers and the progressive hipsters of Berlin, went even further than that, because the radical party

According to the party's proposal, the price of Turkish food would be set at 4.9 euros, i.e. roughly 2,000 forints at the current exchange rate, while students could buy it for less, 2.5 euros, i.e. a little cheaper than 1,000 forints.

In addition to the price cap, they would also distribute doner tickets so that everyone could eat the food loved by millions of Germans at least once a week, which would then be paid to the vendors by the German state.