The Slovak National Party is following with great concern the general price increase affecting Slovak households.

The year-on-year value of inflation, mainly due to higher fuel prices, rose to 2.9% in June.  The price increase is happening quietly. People feel this with regular purchases, that they pay more and what they bring home in their bags is significantly less. These are mainly food and everyday items. In Slovakia, we have seen a 3.4% increase in fruit and vegetable prices since the beginning of the year. The slow and late pandemic aid to the bakery and mill sector resulted in higher bread prices by an average of 2.2%.  Meat and dairy prices rose 7 to 15 percent. A family of four spends 300 euros a month on food. Before the coronavirus pandemic, food costs accounted for an average of 17 per cent of our households' budget, now more than 21 per cent. This is one of the highest price increases within the countries of the European Union. The Slovak National Party has always promoted Slovakia's food self-sufficiency and has strongly pointed this out to the current government. However, it seems to have other priorities and pays almost no attention to this subject. The result is tragicomic. We have a surplus of grain, so we export it and import the products from it again. We also export rapeseed, but we don't have our own oils. We produce 40% less pork than we need, so we import it. It's also with poultry. Slowly every second chicken is imported. A few young market economists here have questioned the importance of agriculture, arguing that everything needed can be imported. With such a philosophy, it is no wonder that food that we could grow and produce ourselves is auctioned off. Sns urges the government to focus on effectively tackling Slovakia's food self-sufficiency and prevent the continuing slump in citizens' living standards as part of the use of EU aid funds.