2023-09-07 09:56:34
In the midst of a rise in oil prices, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on Thursday asked the energy giant TotalEnergies to extend its price cap at the pump “beyond December 31”.
“I would like TotalEnergies, which has made a commitment to cap the prices of all fuels, diesel and gasoline, at 1.99 euros until the end of the year, to extend this cap (…) beyond 31 December 2023, ”suggested the minister on franceinfo.
Because in places, fuel has returned to crazy prices. The prices of diesel (1.85 euro per litre) and gasoline (1.92 euro per litre) increased again last week. The bar of 2 euros per liter is crossed in many points of the big cities, according to the comparator of the government site.
“The only major French oil company we have left is Total. It must be an asset, not just for the French Nation in general, but for all motorists, ”insists the minister.
On the other hand, there will be no rebate from the government. It would be “a triple aberration”, launches Bruno Le Maire. “It is an ecological, budgetary and diplomatic aberration. You cannot explain to us, quite rightly, that the planet is on fire and spending twelve billion euros on fossil fuels and fuels. »
Budgetary aberration because the government “would spend twelve billion for everyone, those who take their SUV to go on weekends and those who have to take their car to go to work. Finally, Bruno Le Maire argues a diplomatic aberration, because “that means that we are paying for the oil diplomacy of Mr. Putin and Saudi Arabia, which aims to reduce volumes to increase prices, we are not intended to pay for the geopolitical choices of Russia and Saudi Arabia. »
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