The European Commission is not considering tax measures to encourage healthier eating, according to a response from Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, on Friday 24 January.
In a written question in November, a dozen MEPs from the ECR and EPP groups asked the European Commission what new steps the Commission was considering “taking in order to coordinate efforts to boost fresh fruit and vegetable consumption throughout the EU” in order to combat certain...