To ask is there a cost of living crisis in the EU too?

[Longcovid21]

We were told to expect massive food cost increases as a result of brexit yet the media don't seem to be making the link.

If you live in the EU are you also facing a cost of living crisis and increasing costs in energy, food etc?

Yes. I'm in Ireland and there is a huge cost of living crisis here also.

Yes (don’t live there but friends and relatives do).

The cost of energy is going up and as a consequence everything else. Eg, your food needs to be transported, chilled etc.

I feel from what they tell me it’s not quite as bad though - eg, I don’t hear stories about food banks being at capacity and having to choose whom to feed. Perhaps that’s Brexit or years of austerity / neglect of the poor from the Tory government.

Only EU adjacent, but it was in the news that Turkey are experiencing rises of up to 70%!

In France, prices are certainly going up but the government has capped household energy bill rises at 4%. The main electric / gas companies are still partially state owned / controlled, so they are basically being forced to suck up the rising cost of fuel. If French people were faced with 54% increases on their electric bills there would be a(nother) revolution.

food is increasing, petrol and diesel are up. But tbh France has not been a cheap place to live for a long time - food has always been a great % spend than in the U.K., there’s not the same expectation of being able to buy food so cheaply.

Yes, major increases all over in EU.
Particularly, gas, elec, fuel, food of every nature
Oh & council tax, thanks Macron