The Minister of Finance María Jesús Montero sees the bonus as unfeasible. The First Vice President, Nadia Calviño, for her part, has stressed that the Government is implementing multiple measures and that the 200-euro check has been in operation since yesterday.
Euskaraz irakurri: Oinarrizko erosketa saskiari % 14ko hobaria ezartzea proposatu du Unidas Podemosek
Unidas Podemos has proposed discount 14.4% of the shopping cart. The purple coalition proposes using the same model that was applied to fuel: a bonus that would be effective when paying at the cashier.
He calculates that the measure would have a notably greater impact on low-income households, and would reduce the price of products such as milk, oil, eggs, meat, fish, fruits or bread.
In addition, it proposes that the Food Information and Control Agency monitor prices on a weekly basis, with special attention to large stores, and impose fines if companies increase their profit margins.
From the Government of Spain, the Minister of Finance, Maria Jesus Monterohas suggested that the United Podemos proposal is “unfeasible” and has defended that the “most viable” measure to alleviate the pockets of citizens in the face of higher food prices, is the one that was finally applied: the reduction of VAT on certain products, supplemented with the help of 200 euros to vulnerable families.
The First Vice President Nadia CalvinoFor his part, he stressed that the Government is implementing multiple measures and that the 200-euro check has been in operation since yesterday.
Source: Eitb
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