Le minister de l’Économie Bruno Le Maire a sued lundi aux industriels de l’agro-alimentaire d’accélérer les negociations pour faire baisser les prix, tout en félicitant les distributeurs d’avoir prolongé l’opération “trimestre anti-inflation” jusqu ‘at the end of the year.
The Minister greeted the distributors “who have agreed to extend until the end of 2023 the operation of the anti-inflationary quarter that was to end on June 15.” This “massive, effective and protective” device launched in mid-March consists of selling certain everyday products at the “lowest possible” prices.
In May, Bruno Le Maire praised the measure’s merits. “I consider this anti-inflationary quarter to be a success, which has allowed millions of our compatriots to have access to food products whose prices have fallen by 13% in recent weeks,” said the owner-president of Bercy.
Pressure on manufacturers
According to the Minister of the Economy of France 5, the negotiations with industrialists “are not going fast enough”, adding that “certain industrialists, certain large industrial multinationals are playing around the clock”, and recalling that the 75 largest industrialists in the food and agriculture sector have committed to reopening business negotiations with distributors.
“Before the end of June, I will publish the list of all the agribusinessmen who played the game and the list of the agribusinessmen who refused to come back to the negotiating table and did not want to lower retail prices while wholesale prices are falling.” explained Bruno Le Maire.
In addition, “we will use the fiscal tool to look at the margins of the large industrialists, which are high and which are recovering, the prices that they did not want to give to consumers during the spring trade negotiations,” he said. warned.
Source: BFM TV
