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Consumers' Association Calls for Support Amidst Soaring Food and Fuel Prices

Published March 23, 2026, 09:13
Consumers' Association Calls for Support Amidst Soaring Food and Fuel Prices

The Consumers' Association is urgently requesting support measures for citizens due to the dramatic increase in food and fuel prices, noting that the situation resembles the period following the start of the war in Ukraine, but with continuing and constantly increasing inflation. It proposes ten specific measures, such as reducing VAT on electricity and abolishing it on pollutants, preventing an increase in lending rates, suspending emergency taxes, and gradually subsidizing the cost of electricity. Additionally, it calls for a drastic reduction in the special consumption tax on fuels, special subsidies for fuels and basic goods, taxation of the windfall profits of renewable energy companies and fuel importers, as well as the imposition of a cap on the profit margin of basic products. The Association calls for strict market controls to prevent profiteering and its criminalization, while expressing a lack of confidence in political interventions and calling for the immediate implementation of its proposals as a minimum support for consumers.