In the krone.tv interview with Conny Winiwarter, the head of the industry association, Rainer Will, gives the federal government a hefty dose: “The government has criminally neglected everything and underestimated inflation for months.” on the government to “read it out”, he even invites the “dear” Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler for a private lesson…
The mood is chilly, to put it politely. “Minister of Social Affairs Rauch is handing over the fight against poverty to civil society,” says Will angrily. The “real drivers of inflation” are the energy companies. “The system there is sick. If we were to use such a system in retail, the butter would cost five times as much!”
Head of trade association promises: “Will pass on falling energy prices 1:1”
The new anti-inflation package should change that: in future, energy companies will have to pay if they do not pass on falling prices to consumers. Legal discount on electricity. Effects on food prices should be the logical consequence. The head of the trade association promises in the interview on krone.tv: “As soon as energy prices fall and are passed on, food prices also fall.”
“Every second euro is swallowed up by the voracious state”
In the run-up, low food prices by law were also taken into account. “That would be shooting ourselves in the foot,” warns Will urgently, referring to Hungary. The government can also “earn a little less for once”, the trade expert demands. “Currently, every second euro is absorbed by the state.” He looks calmly at the ongoing industry assessments by the Federal Competition Authority: “Fortunately, the analysis here is not as one-dimensional as in everyday politics.”
Handel sees himself wrapped in a blank slate
Will experienced the climate of discussion at the much-criticized food summit as “calm and constructive”. He was “positively surprised” that he was invited at all: “That’s all too rare.” Until now, the trade association had not been consulted on important decisions. Will emphasizes that he sees trading with a clean slate. There would have been no errors or omissions on the part of retailers regarding inflation.
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Source: Krone
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