“AUSTRIASTACH BES THE BES THE FOR THE Lower Food Prices is part of the government program”

The so-called “Austria-Lash” for food prices through the territorial delivery restrictions contains the domestic consumers: massive inside. Trademarks cost 15 to 20 percent more in Germany than in Germany, sometimes they are even more expensive. Austria as a small country is particularly affected. “The problem is known. In the government program, we have therefore agreed that Austria will work at the EU level to ensure that the so-called ‘Austrian premium’ will come away through fair rules. Unfortunately, representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Brussels have apparently done the opposite and have been massive on the brake,” says SPÖ club chairman Philip Kucher to today’s media reports. “I assume that Minister Hattmannsdorfer ensures clarity in his ministry: what is promised in Austria must also apply in negotiations in Brussels.” ****

In the government program, the SPÖ, ÖVP and Neos have agreed to fight the “Austria-Lash”. Now Austria, especially the responsible economy minister, has to build pressure in Brussels so that the EU becomes active faster, emphasizes Kucher. “The Commission only wants new, fairer competitive rules for the end of 2026. These are another 1.5 years in which Austria’s consumers unfairly pay too much.” (Conclusion) Ah/MW