In the final stretch of the state of alarm and with a good part of the country thinking about how the summer days will pass, the agri-food sector has wanted to launch a warning message to what the President of Viscofan , José Domingo de Ampuero, has called "feeling of vacation euphoria". In his opinion, the situation of companies and the economy is delicate and " the autumn is very, very hard" , so he considers that "this year the holidays should be taken by those who can and when they can ... Things are not for jokes".

He made this clear during his speech at the third session of the Business Summit organized by the CEOE to address the revival of the country's economy after the confinement by the coronavirus. According to De Ampuero, despite the messages of "optimism and illusion" launched by the government, citizens must be cautious. "I think that the Spanish are quite responsible, but if they encourage us not to be ... the pot goes a little," he assured.

The businessman does not trust the Spanish when it comes to dealing with telework, one of the changes that confinement has brought about. "It helps, but it cannot replace normal office work. People get used to not coming, the unity of the teams is lost, the exchange between people ... A prolonged telework would be very dangerous, and with the Spanish, more ", he has sentenced to conclude his participation in the conference.

Before him, other managers of large companies in the sector in Spain have intervened, such as Antonio Hernández , president of Ebro Foods. In his case, the manager has focused part of his intervention on demanding from the government a fiscal proposal "sensitive" to the reality that Spanish companies are experiencing. "The government should be sensitive to making smart fiscal policy, not exclusively distributive. When we talk about basic income, we agree that no one can be allowed to go hungry or in need, but permanent basic income policies achieve make a clientelism and indoctrinate people who get used to idleness and not the generation, "Hernández has defended.

It has also asked the Executive for a "fair tax reform" to contribute to the development and creation of a powerful industrial fabric in Spain. "We businessmen are willing to undertake a fair tax reform, but not a confiscatory reform full of fallacies from other times that have not worked in any country," he said.

Do not raise taxes

Tomás Pascual Gómez-Cuétara , President of Calidad Pascual, has stressed the need for the sector to receive aid "to return to our normality, not to the new normality. Responsibly, because we must prevent this from going backwards, but activity and employment is generated, because employment is what generates consumption. "

In fact, the manager has warned about possible tax measures that may harm consumption. "Putting consumption taxes at a time when we need people to be encouraged to consume and, above all, in a situation where the industry guarantees that the situation is the best, delaying recovery," he assured.

For his part, Tomás Fuertes , president of the Fuertes Group, has demanded legal certainty and "generosity" from the political class. "Politicians are necessary, but they must lead in a coordinated and orderly manner, according to needs. We have to stop ourselves from personal, ideological and general interests and think generously so that we can bring this back to the way it was."

Campofrío's president, Paulo Soares , has described the lessons learned after the fire in one of his factories years ago and how they can be applied in crises like the current one. In his opinion, "Leadership is essential in a moment of uncertainty such as the one we are experiencing today."

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