The Government Would Lower Margins and Extend Regulation to Highways. Traders Are Outraged.

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The government is said to want to lower the maximum margin allowed for already regulated fuel prices and extend regulation to motorways. Traders warn that margins in Slovenia are among the lowest in the EU, and the state is taking an increasing share.

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On Wednesday, it was revealed that inflation rose again in May, and food prices rose by 5.9 and 0.6 percent, well exceeding the 4.4 percent annual and 0.2 percent monthly increase in consumer prices. The margin freeze, which was intended as a miracle weapon by Márton Nagy, therefore seems to be taking effect in the third month after its introduction. This is also indicated by the National Trade Association, which reacted to the inflation data in…