Spanish government squabbles over whether to promote plant-based diet

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)

The amount of meat that Spaniards eat has rattled the unity of Spain’s governing coalition with the prime minister coming down on the side of carnivores.

Members of prime minister Pedro Sanchez’s Cabinet are clashing over whether to discourage people in Spain from consuming so much ham, beef and other forms of animal protein.