prices at the pump are falling again, a first since the beginning of the year

While they have not stopped increasing for several weeks, fuel prices at the pump have started to fall once more in France according to figures published on Monday. They went back below the two euro mark on average last week. This drop is a first since the start of 2022.

In detail, diesel reached 1.9755 euros per liter on average, following a record of 2.1407 euros the previous week, according to figures from the Ministry of Ecological Transition arrested on Friday. The super SP 95 fell back to 1.9737 euros ( once morest 2.0825 euros the previous week) and the super SP 95-E10 to 1.9334 euros ( once morest 2.0286 euros). Prices that are still very high.

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Aid measures for French households

The government has decided to take measures to help the French, affected by the increase in prices at the pump. From 1 April and for four months, a “discount at the pump of 15 centimes per liter” will apply to all French people, in order to cope with soaring fuel prices, announced the Prime Minister Jean Castex on March 12. A discount that has since been extended to natural gas and LPG. This aid should also be upgraded, as Jean Castex explained last Wednesday: “Total has given an agreement in principle to go beyond the State’s effort”.

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This reduction will take place 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. the state “will reimburse” then distributors.