A spoonful of sugar helps the government interference go down.

But we’re going to tax it anyway.

Germany’s sugar tax sparks ‘nanny state’ debate – Friedrich Merz’s government has agreed to introduce a sugar levy on soft drinks as part of its health care reforms. Critics have called it disproportionate interference, but dozens of countries already have such a levy.

The German government’s decision to introduce a levy on sugary drinks as part of its health care reform package has triggered a new debate on government interference in diets.