A “pump discount of 15 cents per liter” will apply from April 1 and for 4 months for all French people, in order to cope with soaring fuel prices, announced this Saturday March 12, Jean Castex at the Parisian.
This measure, which will cost around 2 billion euros to the State, concerns households as well as businesses and will be “valid on all fuels”, specified the Prime Minister. “This means that for each full 60 liters, you will save 9 euros”, thus assessed Jean Castex in a daily interview.
This reduction will be made at the time of payment, at the cash desk or by credit card at the pump, and will therefore not be immediately visible on the prices displayed at the entrance to the station, detailed the head of government. If the State will then “reimburse” the distributors, Jean Castex called on them, just like the “oil companies”, to make themselves “an additional gesture”.
“How would the French understand that they pay a full tank of diesel at 2 euros, while at the same time the oil companies are still making big profits”, he wondered. “If the State makes an effort of 15 centimes per litre, and that they make an effort of 5 cents, for example, it is indeed 20 cents that must end up in the pocket of the French”, further urged the Prime Minister.
Assuring that professionals were indeed concerned by the measure, Jean Castex sent an additional message to fishermen, whose “fleet of boats” is “very fuel-consuming”. “We are working with communities on measures to lower their social and port charges,” he announced.