German opposition wants kebab price cap
German opposition wants kebab price cap
Chancellor Olaf Scholz must intervene before the humble doner becomes “a luxury item,” the Left party has demanded
This is misinformation by the Bild (the most reactionary bullshit rag in Germany).
In their official statement the Left talk about capping food prices in general and just names Döner as an example (there's literally one sentence about it). They also talk about capping rent prices and increasing social spending.
It's a pretty standard and toothless statement by them, but Bild took that one sentence and made up bullshit about them wanting to subsidise Döner - RT just ran with it I guess.
I'm not trying to defend the current state of the Left, but this is ridiculous misinformation.
Thanks for the clarification. I figured it was something like this when i read it was Die Linke. Price caps on basic goods are fine but without larger policy changes this is just a bandaid. They are still just treating the symptom and not the disease. What would really help is actually having a sane policy with regards to energy and Russia to stop the deindustrialization and unavoidable inflation that comes along with that.
Yeah, I completely agree. But I don't believe that Die LInke is the party to realise all that anymore. Neither will be BSW I think... We do have a good party in the DKP, but even if they managed to get close to 5% by some arcane miracle they would be banned faster than they could say "Wer hat uns verraten?".
It really is dire in this country at the moment.
The state of the german economy 😂 they are increasing the military budget at this moment, where would they get money to subsidize kebabs.
This article almost feels like an Onion article, the german left is a joke.
And yes it absolutely reads like an Onion headline but sadly it's real. Instead of pushing for an end to this government's insane warmongering policies and suicidal sanctions, the "left" has been reduced to begging for fast food subsidies...it really is pathetic.
okay, so this actually is really funny.
it started out as a joke in several youth orgs, then these youth orgs printed stickers and the "Dönerpreisbremse" became a slogam against thr curent fiscal and war policy, as well as corperate over profits. It then became really popular because of how funny it is.
What exactly are kebabs here? We have kebabs in Indian Mughlai cuisine as well but I don't know if they are same ones or not.
Strictly speaking the kebab is just the meat and it's similar to Greek gyros. In this case they are referring to the whole döner sandwich which includes pita bread and vegetables. It's a popular German fast food item with Turkish roots.
It's called "döner" in German.
Thanks
Kebabs are a traditional barbequed meat from the Middle East, the word originated in Akkadian.
Doner Kebab is a Turkish barbequed meat similar in style to Shawarma and Gyros and unlike traditional kebabs.
Not ze kebaps!
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