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– Fuel prices have been rising sharply in recent weeks in France.
You may be one of the voters who voted for the National Rally (RN) this Sunday, believing in its promise to lower VAT (value added tax) on fuels, from 20% to 5.5%. A promise that is impossible to keep, however, according to the rules of the European Union. Too bad because you realize that prices at the pump are (again) on the rise. And this, for the third consecutive week. According to the latest weekly report from the Ministry of Ecological Transition, published this Monday, July 1, a litre of diesel sold for 1.7249 euros last week (from June 24 to 30), while it cost 1.2 euro cents less seven days previously, or 1.7133 euros. Diesel owners, however, remember paying much less for their liter of diesel at the very beginning of June, at 1.6738 euros.
Fuels: issue of the legislative elections, how have their prices really evolved in recent months?
A liter of gasoline costs more than 1.81 euros
Extra cents that motorists who drive on gasoline would have done without before their big departure on vacation. The price per liter of unleaded 95-E10, one of the best-selling fuels in France, increased by 0.7 euro cents last week, to sell for 1.8149 euros.
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The fault, in particular, is the evolution of oil prices, which have been rising continuously over the last three weeks. The price of a barrel of North Sea Brent stood at $86.8 last week, compared to $84.1 seven days earlier. That’s a difference of $2.7. The increase in demand for fuels in Europe, linked to the start of the summer holidays, can also explain this situation of rising prices.
Fuel prices: will petrol continue to fall if the RN comes to power?
While waiting to see if the RN comes to power at the end of the second round of the legislative elections on July 7 and if it can have its measure of a 5.5% VAT on fuel accepted after a “very difficult negotiation” with Brussels, as Jean-Philippe Tanguy envisages, the “Mr. Economy” party on RTL a few days ago, you can compare prices of brands in France. Comparators, websites and mobile applications exist to find the cheapest gas station closest to you.
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