Parties get salty over cheese prices as cost of living debate heats up

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: Cost of living, Mitsotakis, New Democracy, SYRIZA
Photo by Gerasimos Domenikos/Fosphotos
Photo by Gerasimos Domenikos/Fosphotos

The clash between the government and the opposition over the cost of living has reached new, and idiosyncratic, heights during the last few days as New Democracy and SYRIZA have been arguing over the price of feta cheese.

The argument was triggered by Friday’s debate in Parliament, when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis once more rejected the opposition party’s proposals to reduce indirect taxes as part of a package of measures aimed at easing prices for consumers. Duri...

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