Green Party Minister Özdemir wants to make meat and sausage more expensive. The exact amount of the additional taxes is still unclear.
Back in 2020, a commission led by then Agriculture Minister Jochen Borchert (CDU) proposed a tax on animal products in supermarkets. As a guide, this commission proposed a price of 40 cents in additional taxes per kilogram of meat or meat product. This amount was determined because the financing requirement for conversion measures to improve animal husbandry will increase to 3.6 billion euros per year by 2040.