FRANCE: THE MAYOR INTENDS TO ASK TOTALENERGIES FOR A NEW EFFORT ON THE PRICES OF FUEL
PARIS (Reuters) – The French Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, said on Monday that he intended to ask TotalEnergies to make a new effort on the price of fuel.
As the government gradually unveils its measures in favor of the purchasing power of the French, the effort must be “equitably distributed”, underlined Bruno Le Maire on BFMTV.
In the “fight against inflation, all the effort cannot rest solely on the State and on public spending, companies must also make an effort”, he underlined, recalling that TotalEnergies had already granted a discount of 10 euro cents on the price of a liter of fuel in addition to the discount of 18 euro cents financed by the State.
“I hope that Total will continue its effort and why not increase it,” said the minister, who is due to meet with Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies, early in the morning.
(Written by Myriam Rivet, editing by Tangi Salaün and Kate Entringer)