lamented Bruno Le Maire, on the set of the program Up to you, the slowness of the negotiations on the reduction of prices between the government and the “big industrialists of the food industry”. According to the Minister of Economy, “some large industrial multinationals are playing for time.”
Thus, the minister threatened to publish the list of these manufacturers “that are not playing” at the end of June if the negotiations continue to decline.
The Economy Minister wanted to warn his audience to “set the record straight.” Therefore, “the list of all the agri-food manufacturers that played the game will be published, and the list of those who refused to return to the negotiating table and who did not want to lower retail prices while wholesale prices are falling.
The urgency of negotiating before June 15
During his speech, Bruno Le Maire explained that, for the moment, an extremely small number of industrialists had been involved in the field of negotiations.
“The 75 largest agri-food companies have committed to reopening trade negotiations. To date there are two or three that have done it, “he said, “if I believe the distributors that I called this afternoon one after the other to take stock.” with them”. The conclusion is, then, clear and limpid for the minister: “it is not satisfactory”.
In addition, the Bercy tenant announced that he was going to bring together “in the next few days food manufacturers and distributor representatives, because I want these trade negotiations to be opened.” In fact, the urgency is high according to Bruno Le Maire.
Finally, the Economy Minister also threatened to resort to “the fiscal tool” if the negotiations “do not resume quickly.”
“We will use the fiscal tool to find the margins of the large manufacturers, which are high,” said Bruno Le Maire, greeting “in passing the distributors, who have agreed to extend the ‘anti-inflationary quarter’ until the end of 2023.” operation’.
Source: BFM TV
