The legislation also allows purchases of food in supermarkets using the SZEP voucher card from December 1, 2025 until April 30, 2026.

Meanwhile, lawmakers ban cultured meat

MPs approved legislation banning the commercial production and sale of cultured meat in a vote on Tuesday.

The ban, which makes exceptions for cultured meat for medical or veterinary purposes, was approved with a vote of 140 for, 10 against and 18 abstentions.

Lawmakers drafted the legislation because of "potential risks as well as to protect sustainable production in the farm sector, traditional forms of rural life and human health".

 

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