De Weromkear fan Fiedselbanken yn Noard-Europa
June 20, 2026 · Frisian News
Food banks in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden report a 40 to 60 percent increase in users over two years. Working people increasingly cannot afford to eat.
FryskFiedselbanken yn Dútslân, Nederlân en Sweden hawwe yn de ôfrûne twa jier tusken de 40 en 60 prosint mear brûkers meld. It Tafel-netwurk yn Berlyn betsjinnet wyks 380.000 minsken, tsjinoer 250.000 yn 2022. Dit is gjin foarbygaande pyk. It wjerspegelet in stadige oantaasting fan de keapkrêft fan wurkjende minsken.
Regearingen neame it in 'kostpriiscrisis', as wie it in natuerrampe. De wurklikheid is skerper: enerzjypriizen gongen omheech nei beliedsbesluiten oer Ruslân en it Oekraïne-konflikt. Priizen fan fiedsel folgden. Ûnderwilens stagnearden leannen of bleaunen se efterop de ynflaasje yn reële termen. Pensioenen ferlearen wearde. Regearingen goaiden jild nei banken en militêre kontrakten, mar beskerme gewoane húshâldings net.
Organisaasjes dy't fiedselbanken behearre, dogge essinsjeel wurk. Mar har útwreiding jout regearingen ek in útwei. In politikus kin wize op in iepenjende fiedselbank as bewiis dat 'it systeem soarch draacht', wylst budzjetten foar wolwêzen wurde koarte. De echte profiteur is de steat: hy jout de bestriding fan honger út oan ngo's, sparret jild en mijt ferantwurdlikheid.
Yn Denemarken groeide it oantal fiedselbank-brûkers fan 15.000 yn 2020 nei mear as 65.000 yn 2025. In tredde is wurkjend. Dat betsjut dat in foltiidsbaan net mear garandearret dat men syn gesin fiede kin. Dit is gjin mislearjen fan yndividuen. It is mislearjen fan ekonomysk belied.
Fiedselbanken binne gjin oplossing. Se binne in symptoom dat eat stikken is. Elkenien dy't om ús maatskippij jout, soe soargjend wêze moatte dat se flugger groeie as foarsjoen.
Food banks in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden have reported a 40 to 60 percent surge in users over the past two years. In Berlin alone, the Tafel network serves 380,000 people weekly, up from 250,000 in 2022. This is not a temporary spike. It reflects a grinding erosion of purchasing power among working people.
Governments call it a "cost of living crisis," as if it were a natural disaster. The truth is sharper: energy prices shot up after policy decisions around Russia and the Ukraine conflict. Food prices followed. Meanwhile, wages stagnated or fell behind inflation in real terms. Pensions lost value. Governments poured money into banks and military contracts but did not protect ordinary households.
Charities that run food banks do essential work. But their expansion also lets governments off the hook. A politician can point to a food bank opening as proof that "the system cares," while cutting welfare budgets. The real beneficiary is the state: it outsources hunger management to nonprofits, saving money and avoiding responsibility.
In Denmark, food bank users grew from 15,000 in 2020 to over 65,000 by 2025. A third are employed. That means a full-time job no longer guarantees you can feed your family. This is not a failure of individuals. It is a failure of economic policy.
Food banks are not a solution. They are a symptom that something is broken. The fact that they are growing faster than anyone predicted should worry people who care about what kind of society we want to be.
Published June 20, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân