> Based on the estimated 1.3bn doners that are consumed in the country each year – 400,000 a day in Berlin alone – such a subsidy programme would cost €4bn annu

> Based on the estimated 1.3bn doners that are consumed in the country each year – 400,000 a day in Berlin alone – such a subsidy programme would cost €4bn annually, Die Linke has calculated. Let me get this straight: The "far-left Die Linke party" wants to subsidize meat eating? You know the thing with the not so great CO2 footprint and animal wellfare issues?