(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, MARCH 15 - The EU finance ministers "all agree in saying that support for families" and "businesses" in the face of expensive fuel "is necessary".
This was said by the French minister Bruno Le Maire at the end of the Ecofin.
To respond to the flare-up in prices, ministers agree on the need for "support to all affected families" with "discounts on prices at the pump", explained the Frenchman who leads the current EU presidency, also indicating the ok to "targeted support for companies "more exposed with the" possibility of state aid ", and to" energy independence "for the EU to reach" as quickly as possible ".
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