Belarra returns to the charge against the president of Mercadona and Calviño demands to "lower his tone"

The differences within the Government continue due to the tone that the media battle of United We Can against the president of Mercadona, Juan Roig, is acquiring.

The Minister of Social Rights and Secretary General of the purple formation,

, has returned to the charge this Wednesday against the businessman in the food distribution sector and the economic vice president,

, has insisted on the need to "lower the tone " in this heated debate about whether supermarkets are profiting from the escalating prices of basic foods.

"There is no proper name, however pompous it may be, that is above the right of the people of our country to affordable and healthy food," Belarra stated during his speech at a Ministry event.

the minister and leader of UP specified.

With these words, Belarra has returned to the charge against the businessman, after having opened fire last Saturday, when he branded Roig a "ruthless capitalist" for "filling his pockets" in this inflationary crisis that has skyrocketed the prices of staple foods despite the VAT reduction approved by the Government.

Belarra's statements received a response in a first wake-up call from the government's socialist wing, which does not share the belligerence of the purples with the businessmen.

It was the Minister of Education,

, who asked her partners for "moderation" and "verbal prudence."

The spokeswoman, Isabel Rodríguez, also sided with the business sector during the press conference after the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.

For his part, Roig himself has publicly defended himself against Belarra's accusations.

Although without making direct reference to the minister, the president of Mercadona did not miss the opportunity during his intervention at an informative breakfast held in Valencia this Tuesday to

.

"If later, those who have to manage it know how to do it, there is wealth for everyone and if not, confrontation," said the businessman.

All in all, the head of the Social Rights portfolio has insisted in her campaign this Wednesday by assuring that "well-being is generated when harsh economic crises are not used to fatten the income statements" and that "closing the inequality gap goes through that the most privileged economic elite pitch in at the most difficult moments to protect the social majority".

At the insistence of Belarra, Calviño has demanded this Wednesday

and the reality of a government that has worked" for companies and that considers them

", the person in charge of Economic Affairs guaranteed, to later call on food companies to "help at this time to contain and lower the price of food".

Calviño has also verified that "it is transferring" the drop in VAT on food to prices, although he has admitted that "there are always anecdotes" to the contrary.

Meanwhile, Belarra has insisted on the United Podemos proposal to cap the prices of basic foods at the level prior to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine because, in his opinion, "public intervention in the economy is the one that proposes the most effective measures to protect social rights", as has been demonstrated with the cap on gas or with the "massive intervention in rental prices".

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