It will ultimately be twice as high as expected. There ” fuel discount ”, established on 1er last April to lighten the bill at the pump, will finally go from 18 to 30 euro cents per liter in September and October, then at 10 centimes for the last two months of the year. This is what the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, announced in any case last Saturday in the Hemicycle, during the examination of the amending finance bill for 2022 (PLFR), second text of the “purchasing power package”.
However, the government had clearly warned, before the discussion of the text in the Assembly, that this fuel discount would, of course, be extended until the end of the year, but on a sliding scale. From 18 cents at the pump until the end of September, it was to be lowered to 12 cents in October, then to 6 cents in November before its total disappearance in December.
Soon 1.5 euros per liter
But, as a turn of events, the oil giant TotalEnergies announced last Friday, the first day of discussion of the PLFR, a discount at the pump for all of 20 euro cents per liter, then 10 cents (according to the same calendar), ” rather than an indirect tax [celle sur les superprofits voulue par le gouvernement] which would penalize our refineries “, explained its CEO, Patrick Pouyanné. Adding the two discounts, “ you would have in some service stations in France a fuel at 1.5 euros which corresponds, I believe, to the objective which was set by Les Républicains “, detailed Saturday Bruno Le Maire, who did not fail to welcome the decision taken by the energy company.
I welcome TotalEnergies’ decision to lower fuel prices by 20 €cts/L from September to November and by 10 €cts/L from November to December at all their stations.
It will be added to the government fuel rebate.
A fair and strong choice for the French. pic.twitter.com/8c4iINOiq9— Bruno Le Maire (@BrunoLeMaire) July 22, 2022
The large distribution enters the dance
This Monday morning, Michel-Edouard Leclerc, president of the eponymous group, announced on Franceinfo a special operation at cost price, for the weekend of July 28 to 30 in its shopping centers (but off the highways), i.e. 636 resorts in France. “That means you don’t earn a penny, no margin “, he explained. The objective is of course to then attract consumers to the aisles of its supermarkets.
The competitor Casino offers this Monday, July 25 the liter of fuel at 85 cents in the form of reimbursement in voucher. According The Parisianthis operation would be extended until August 31.