Food brands 'cheat' eastern European shoppers with inferior products Read moreMany thousands of Czech citizens shop over the border in Austria and Germany to find better food, drink or clothes. “I will not accept that in some parts of Europe, people are sold food of lower quality than in other countries, despite the packaging and branding being identical,” Juncker said. In his office overlooking the green-topped mountains that surround Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, he tells the Guardian: “I don’t believe the people in east Europe are different to west Europe. “We are aware of discussions regarding companies applying different standards to their products sold in central and eastern Europe,” said the spokesperson. Yet wages remain stubbornly divergent in the EU – with the GDP represented by wages on average 7% lower in central and eastern European countries than in the west.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2017 15:56 UTC