VOORBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Cans of fish, jars of pasta sauce and bags of beans are stacked in blue crates.
Meat, dairy and bread are kept cold in a huge freezer and a walk-in refrigerator in this affluent Dutch town.
“There is a long list of things we need to do to challenge that cost-of-living crisis,” he told reporters at a campaign event.
That shot up to 250 as a cost-of-living crisis swept across the world and did not spare the wealthy Netherlands.
The Leidschendam-Voorburg food bank Kuipers oversees estimates that the true number of people eligible for food aid could be two to three times higher.
Persons:
”, Rob Kuipers, Maurice Crul, Pieter Omtzigt, Mark Rutte —, “, Frans Timmermans, Kuipers
Organizations:
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Democrat, People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, Union, .
Locations:
Netherlands, Leidschendam, The Hague