Fuels: Can Prices Be Capped?
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In view of the state of public finances, no tax stimulus has been proposed. At the same time, a survey of refiners' margins is under way in the face of rising prices.
"As regards price capping, everyone is free to do so if he wishes to do so," said Bercy, who remains "favourable" because "plovering is to organize the shortage".
Is it realistic? It would be an extremely expensive measure. Playing on taxes is the option that the government has not wanted to follow since March. This idea of capping has already been ruled out after the meeting at the Ministry of Economy with distributors. Today, the government says it prefers targeted aid for large rollers and certain sectors. (Conso et tendences).
The government remains "favourable" to "more general measures" of aid to cope with the rise in fuel prices, due in particular to the "situation of public finances", said Bercy on Wednesday at the...
The Minister of Economy met Wednesday morning with the fuel distributors to discuss the price increase at the pump. There is still no price cap or tax gesture, but an investigation into the margins of refiners is under way. The aid already in place is being extended.
Read the full article on stephaneLarue.com Gas oil reaches €2.29 per litre, a record since the war in Ukraine, carried by a barrel of Brent close to $100. Roland Lescue convenes the distributors this Wednesday to examine their margins. Who is concerned, how to pay less for its fullness and what aids already exist: the point on an outbreak that now affects 4.7 million French households, according to Roole Data.
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