The
price of gasoline
fell below 1.8 euros per liter for the first time since January.
According to the weekly surveys of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, between March 28 and April 3, self-service petrol dropped on average to € 1,792 per liter.
This is a decrease of 7.8 cents compared to the previous week, equal to about -4%.
Diesel, also self-service, fell instead to an average national price of 1.788 euros per liter, with a decrease of about 7 cents per liter, equal to a drop of 3.7%.
For the president of the National Consumer Union
Massimiliano Dona
, however, it is "scandalous" that the price of diesel, despite the 30.5 cents cut decided by the government, is "still above the values prior to the outbreak of the war". petrol in self-service mode is at € 1,793 per liter, a price lower than that of the January 31st survey, when it was € 1,797 per liter, diesel fuel is € 1,788 per liter, an even higher level than the figure recorded on February 28, after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, when it was 1,740 euros, "said Dona.
Even for
Codacons,
the reductions in fuel prices at the pump are still insufficient: according to the association's calculations, Italians continue to pay for supplies up to 24.4% more than last year.
"Despite the drop in excise duties set by the Government, today
petrol
costs
4%
more than at the beginning of the year, while
12.7%
more is spent on
diesel
with an increase in expenditure equal to +10 euros in full. ", underlined the Codacons.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister for the Economy,
Laura Castelli
, confirmed that the Government is working on new measures to support the economy, to be launched after the go-ahead from Parliament to the Def and which will also involve expensive gasoline.
Asked about the hypothesis of deficit resources to be used for a further aid package, Castelli specified that "the calculations are in progress" and stressed that "there are still many emergencies: it will still be necessary to cover the expensive prices of raw materials
, increase in excise duties on petrol
for citizens and on diesel for some sectors that suffer the most, from road transport to agriculture ".
