government spokesperson for a drop in prices

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– For Sophie Primas, the government spokesperson, food prices must “pay farmers”.

While 82% of French people declare “Tighten your belt” For the past year, according to a survey published by Elabe for BFMTV, Sophie Primas said he was not favorable to a drop in prices in our supermarkets. Invited on the set of the news channel continuously, Thursday, January 23, the government spokesperson believes that food prices must not drop because they must “Remunerate farmers”.

“In reality, often, we look at the cost of the shopping cart and we forget the rest. And it is the rest, in fact, today, which is a very important problem ”she said, pointing the cost of housing and that of insurance. “”15 years ago, food, everyday races, it represented between 17 and 19% of our income. Today, we are about 11%. So, I’m not saying it’s free, I’m not saying it’s easy. I say that above all, It is all the rest that increased»she said.

“Total economic aberrations”

“In particular housing is an extremely important component. We see young people who go back to the parents ”insisted the minister. “I would not only want on this set, we say ‘food is too expensive’. Food has a price. Food, it must also remunerate farmers ”then hammered Sophie Primas. “For years, we have been accustomed to disinflation on these products. A disinflation which, in fact, makes you lose value ”, she continued.

Before explaining: “More and more, we made promotions (…) which finally arrived at total economic aberrations. And in fact, we destroy value ”. According to government spokesperson, The French were accustomed “has A Prix War constantly very important ”. Behind these promotions, “The margins fall for manufacturers, for producers, who can no longer value wages. However, the major problem of purchasing power is wages», she said.