A “discount at the pump of 15 centimes per litre” will apply from April 1 and for 4 months for all French people, in order to cope with soaring fuel prices, Jean Castex announced on Saturday in an interview with Parisian.
This measure, which will cost the State approximately 2 billion euros, concerns both households and businesses and will be “valid on all fuels”specified the Prime Minister, who calls “oil tankers” and “distributors” at “make a complementary gesture”. “This means that for every 60 liters you will save 9 euros”thus assessed the head of government.
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 reimburse” then the distributors, Jean Castex called them, just like the “oil tankers”to do themselves “a complementary 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 cents per liter, and if 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.
One more measure in the face of soaring energy
Ensuring that the professionals were indeed concerned by the measure, Mr Castex sent an additional message to the fishermen, whose “fleet of boats” East “very fuel consuming”. “We are working with local authorities on measures to lower their social and port charges”he announced.
In an attempt to stem the effects of the continuous rise in energy prices for months, aggravated by the invasion of Ukraine, the government has already taken a battery of measures: blocking the price of gas, limiting it to 4 % of the increase in electricity, exceptional energy check, inflation allowance for 38 million people, or even an increase in the scale of mileage allowances. A set of decisions weighing more than 20 billion, according to Mr. Castex, who must also reveal next week “a resilience plan” economic and social in the face of the consequences of the war.
Asked regarding a possible clientelism trial, less than a month before the first round of the presidential election, the head of government argued that the price of fuel had become “the first concern of the French”. “Do you see me telling them ‘move on, there’s nothing to see!’ because there is an election in less than thirty days? It is not my conception of my responsibility”he launched.