It is a curve whose evolution is closely scrutinized in the offices of the Élysée!
This Thursday morning, a barrel of Brent hit $ 84, an explosion of 62% since the start of the year and a three-year high.
At the pump, everywhere in France, prices are soaring.
On Thursday, diesel was selling on average at the all-time high of 1.571 euros per liter.
It even came close to 2 euros in some regions.
While the economy is picking up surprisingly well in this fall, after eighteen months of a pandemic, the government therefore sees with anxiety, six months before the presidential election, this increase potentially spoiling its well-oiled return to school.
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As a month ago with the energy check and the measures to cap gas and electricity tariffs, the executive therefore decided to draw aid as quickly as possible, even before the expression of a form of discontent. popular.
The episode of the "yellow vests", whose anger had quickly crystallized on this subject of energy,
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