The Minister of the Economy also announced on Monday the extension of the fuel allowance until the end of March, available for the 10 million poorest households.
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It is a continuous erosion since the end of January. While inflation weighs daily on the wallets of the French, motorists can have a smile. For the past two weeks, fuel prices at the pump have continued to decline, according to the latest data published on Monday by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Diesel, first of all, goes from 1.8873 to 1.8279 euro per liter, indicates last Friday’s average. The SP95 drops from 1.8996 to 1.8729 euros per litre. As for Brent, finally, it fell from 83.2 to 82 dollars a barrel. Good news for the French dependent on the car, who are no longer protected by the general rebate at the pump of 10 cents per liter, set up by the State. And by the reduction of 20 centimes per liter of TotalEnergies. The two devices having stopped at the end of 2022, fuel prices had logically increased at the start of the year.
To prevent social discontent, the government had set up a fuel allowance of 100 euros in early December for the 10 million poorest French people. This is equivalent to a discount of 10 cents per liter for those who drive more than 12,000 kilometers per year. Paid in three instalments, the aid is not distributed per household, but individualized. Half of eligible households have not yet requested their compensation, according to Bercy, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, announced on Monday on RTL one month extension of the system put in place since mid-January. The indemnity “Should have stopped at the end of February, we will extend it until the end of March so that the millions of our compatriots who are entitled to it can go get it”, he specified.
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Target of criticism for its record profits last year, TotalEnergies has not ruled out the hypothesis of a new boost for the modest French. Way to better demine the attacks of which the oil group is the object. In an interview at Parisian , last week, the CEO of the group Patrick Pouyanné announced that such a rebate would be decided “if the liter of diesel exceeds two euros”. Situation which has not happened since June 2022. On Wednesday, it was Olivier Véran who was approving. “I have heard Total’s desire to set up a rebate and we welcome it”, said the government spokesman at the time.