Botín, Galán, Ortega, Roig... the accusations from the Government that have blown up businessmen

"Ruthless Capitalist

"

Two words that, in the mouth of the Minister of Social Rights,

, have shaken the

of relations between the Government and the national business community.

The general secretary of United We Can opened fire on the president of Mercadona, Juan Roig, last Saturday, and the escalation of tension reached its peak this Friday, when the CEOE issued a forceful statement against the "unfair strategy of discrediting and discrediting, of a clear populist nature” that businessmen are suffering at the start of the election year.

Summer of 2022. After two years of major agreements with businessmen to face the economic consequences of the pandemic, the Prime Minister,

, claimed to lead an Executive "very uncomfortable for certain economic powers."

The statement was endorsed by his Minister of Finance,

, who pointed to the energy companies among the powers interested in "overthrowing the Government" to "preserve the profit margin."

"If Botín and Galán protest, it is that we are going in the right direction," said the president in his balance speech of the political course.

Sánchez thus responded to criticism from the banking and energy sectors regarding the new tax that companies such as

must pay starting this year.

In September, he changed the usual meeting with the Ibex at the start of the course for a meeting with citizens.

Moncloa's change of course in the face of an uncertain economic horizon, in the midst of an inflationary crisis and on the cusp of an economic slowdown.

Sánchez, however, has maintained a cordial relationship with the Ibex, as he staged in Davos, and has avoided a direct clash with his first swords.

Not so his government partner, who has persisted in the strategy of targeting businessmen that has defined the party's economic policy since its inception and, particularly, since its landing in the Council of Ministers.

The target of the attacks of the purple formation was, for years, the founder of Inditex,

.

The organization secretary of the party,

, accused him of "tax evader" after her foundation donated 280 million euros to the Ministry of Health to buy cancer treatment equipment and described the initiative as an "advertising campaign ».

Upon taking over the reins of the company, his daughter,

, received this message from Podemos: «90% of those who are born poor die poor and 90% of those who are born rich die rich whether they make an effort or not.

Marta Ortega is within that second 90%.

She is not an heiress to Inditex because she worked as a saleswoman, she is because she is her daughter.

Don't sell it as meritocracy."

The minority partners of the coalition have never felt any qualms about putting proper names to those they consider enemies of social welfare.

"If Mrs.

wants to legislate, she should set up a party and stand for election," the UP spokesman in the Congress of Deputies,

, responded to the CEO of

after he qualified the tribute to the bank of “absolutely unfair”.

The last objective has been the president of Mercadona.

"There is no proper name, no matter how pompous, that is above the right of people to affordable and healthy food."

Belarra returned to the fray in the middle of this week, after the government's socialist wing publicly asked to "tone down" the debate on whether supermarkets are benefiting from rising food prices.

"Since the bipartisanship in Spain ended, there is no longer anyone nameless, neither is Mr.

," insisted the leader of Podemos.

UP's attack on the distribution businessman is part of a broader campaign to cap food at the price it was before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

Vice President

already tried an agreement with supermarkets at the end of last year to establish a cheap shopping basket.

It was in vain.

After failing in the attempt, Díaz pointed to the businessmen as responsible for the high inflation: "Someone is making money," he said.

From Ortega to Roig, from textiles to distribution, passing through banking and electricity, the business sector stands up to the attacks of the Government and demands "respect".

The harsh statement from the CEOE comes in the midst of a slowdown in the economy and employment.

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