“The discount could go from 18 to 30 euro cents in September and October and then go to 10 in November and 10 in December,” detailed the Minister of the Economy.
The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday July 23 that he was in favor of increasing the discount per liter on fuel prices from 18 to 30 cents, in a compromise with the deputies Les Républicains, who called for going “further away“. “The discount could increase from 18 to 30 euro cents in September and October, then increase to 10 in November and 10 in December“, detailed the minister.
With the discount of 20 cents at the pump announced Friday by TotalEnergies, “you would have in some service stations in France a fuel at 1.5 euro“, a threshold defended by LR, he continued. The oil giant promised a discount at the pump of 20 cents per liter between September and November (then 10 cents until the end of the year), in the face of the threat brandished by the deputies of a tax on “superprofits“.
A specific measure for “small rural stations” mentioned
Bruno Le Maire also proposed to LR deputies the “report“of the transport fuel allowance (ICT), targeted at large riders and the working classes but criticized by the right which calls for a measure”generalized“. Bruno Le Maire also mentioned a specific measure for “small rural stations“, provision also claimed by the LR.
Satisfied by these announcements, the right-wing group withdrew its amendments, paving the way for a passage of the discount. “We were right to support this proposal to have fuel at 1.50 euros because we are getting there and the French will be able to thank us for having persisted», Said Véronique Louwagie. “What a surprise, we realize that the majority has reached an agreement with the Republicans“, quipped the communist Nicolas Sansu. “You are announcing something (a liter at 1.5 euros) which will be true in September, which will no longer be so in October, which will be even less so in November and no longer at all in Decemberdue to inflation, he denounced.
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“Do you know many Total stations in rural areas? Extremely rare!said Charles de Courson (LIOT group). “You can’t add the two“, he pleaded. The Insoumis group also criticized this agreement, arguing that fuel at 1.50 euros would only be effective “at some gas stations» and in a way «temporary“. LFI deputies are pushing for a “fuel price freeze” who “does not cost a penny“. “It was done on the hydroalcoholic gel“, Argued Manuel Bompard who also proposes that the fuel tax be “floating“.
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