Sugar tax: Günther plans to push ahead within the Federal Council after defeat on the CDU get together convention | EUROtoday

The majority of the CDU get together convention rejected a sugar tax referred to as for by Schleswig-Holstein’s CDU Prime Minister. But Daniel Günther would not surrender and needs to implement the tax by way of the Federal Council.

“The issue of sugar tax has of course not been resolved,” mentioned the CDU politician to the Germany editorial community. His state affiliation obtained a transparent get together convention decision and “some support” on the federal get together convention, and different federal states additionally had sympathy for it. Schleswig-Holstein will subsequently use the avenues “that are now open to us – in the Federal Council – in order to be successful.”

Günther was irritated by the talk on the get together convention. “All the arguments that played a role had nothing to do with child protection.” Rather, it was a defensive debate “because people believed that the sugar tax issue was something that was putting a strain on the economy.” The reverse is the case, as could be seen in lots of different international locations, akin to Great Britain. “And that’s why we will continue to persuade.”

At the CDU get together convention on the weekend, nevertheless, the delegates didn’t observe Günther’s argument, however quite the proposal committee’s advice to reject the proposal. “A sugar tax is not health policy, but green paternalism policy,” mentioned Deputy Secretary General Christina Stumpp. A sugar tax can be a measure whose success is questionable, however which might “intervene deeply in the everyday lives of citizens”.

According to Günther, a sugar tax will not be a market financial system instrument, however quite a possibility to reduce healthcare prices – however above all it’s about individuals’s well being.