Truckers, commuters protest in Portugal against soaring fuel prices
Hundreds of truckers and commuters pressed for tax relief and toll suspensions as diesel prices rose 24% in August, Eurostat data showed.
- On Friday, hundreds of truckers staged a 150-km convoy from Paredes to Coimbra while commuters blared horns on Lisbon's April 25 bridge, protesting soaring fuel costs and demanding toll suspensions and tax relief.
- Eurostat data shows fuel prices rose 24% year-on-year in August, with diesel exceeding €2 per litre, driven by supply disruptions from the Iran war and refinery attacks linked to the war in Ukraine.
- Aristides Teixeira, spokesperson of the Ponte 25 de Abril Users' Association, called for remote work reinstatement, toll suspension, and a 23% fuel tax cut. Demonstrators also demanded Environment Minister Maria Graça Carvalho's resignation.
- Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Miguel Pinto Luz acknowledged the trucking industry had been "overlooked in some ways," pledging to review proposals and schedule a meeting with protest representatives next Monday.
- Demonstrators seek partial refunds of fuel taxes currently enjoyed by transport companies as the government meeting becomes critical for resolving disruptions and addressing economic strain facing Portuguese citizens.
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Truckers, commuters protest in Portugal against soaring fuel prices
Hundreds of truckers took part in a "go-slow" convoy along a motorway in north-central Portugal on Friday, while commuters blared their horns on Lisbon's main bridge to protest against soaring fuel costs.
The organizers of this protest movement in Lisbon are calling for a reduction in taxes on petroleum products, but also the suspension of tolls and teleworking measures The post Portugal: Trucks march in Lisbon against fuel price hikes appeared first on in.gr.
In statements to the agency Lusaka, Aristides Teixeira, of the Association Utentes Ponte 25 de Abril, said that the buzino that began at 08:00 today aims to demand the resignation of the Minister of the Environment, Maria Graça Carvalho, ask for the replacement of the telework, as in the pandemic, and the suspension of the payment in the tolls as well as the VAT and ISP on the fuels.
The demonstrators demanded partial reimbursement of the tax on petroleum products used by freight and passenger transport companies.
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