French users' association, 40 million motorists, launches petition to cap price of fuel at 1.50 euros per liter. Prices at the pump have increased considerably since mid-January - now bringing a liter of SP98 to around 1.99 euros, and that of diesel to 1.81 euros.
Petition is now close to a million signatories, in just a few days, according to Pierre Chasseray, general delegate of the association. The representative calls for playing on taxes, which weigh around 60% of the final price, “an excess tax” ‘We are in a ransom on the right to drive, this is not acceptable,’ he said on France Bleu this Thursday morning. The petition is reminiscent of that of Priscillia Ludosky who launched the Yellow Vest movement in 2018 and which quickly exceeded one million signatures, in a matter of days. The price dynamic occurs in an already difficult economic context, with inflation around 5% in 2023 and forecasts clouded by the outbreak of the Middle East conflict.