NOS / Rop Zoutberg
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News from the NOS•yesterday, 22:02
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Rop Zoutberg
correspondent Spain
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Rop Zoutberg
correspondent Spain
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Daily shopping is also becoming more expensive in Spain and for some people it is inaccessible. The leftist government is now proposing a proposal that supermarkets must agree not to raise prices further.
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Mitigate the effects of inflation
Yolanda Díaz, Minister of Employment and the Social Economy, wants large retailers to adhere to the maximum prices. In this way the minister wants to mitigate the consequences of the rapid increase in inflation. Last August it was 10.4% in Spain. Half of Spaniards say they can no longer make ends meet because energy, fuel and food have become much more expensive.
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Today Diaz again consulted with distribution centers and consumer organizations with the aim of freezing prices. “I want an agreement to keep some groceries affordable, especially food. We are doing everything possible so that people can live normally. It is very difficult now,” Díaz said in response to questions from the NOS at a press conference.
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Employers reject the plans
Meanwhile, there has been criticism from all sides of the minister’s idea, joining the coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for the left-wing Podemos party.
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Employers resolutely reject the plans and speak of Communist rules that make the country a planned economy. “This is very similar to Cuba,” said the president of one of the largest employers’ organizations.
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Gardeners and farmers’ organizations fear the worst. The setting of maximum prices would put further pressure on their already meager compensation by the supermarket chains. “If the plans go ahead, consumers will be pushed to the supermarket. This will be to the detriment of small neighborhood shops, which will never be able to compete with large supermarkets,” says retail association CEC.
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The Spanish plans are not unique. In 2011, France briefly entered into a pricing agreement with large supermarkets offering food packages for 20 euros. Argentina also has agreements on the maximum price of food and health products since 2014, the newspaper reports Village. The price freeze is intended as a measure against the surge in inflation. The price deals are still valid, even if they have failed to contain the enormous inflation. Continue to Venezuela. Direct distribution of basic food parcels is common there.
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