Driven by an oil price which, due to the war in Ukraine, is on the way to hitting its all-time highs of 140 dollars a barrel, fuel prices at the pump continue to climb and are also beating records.
Indeed, the more time passes, the closer we get to 2€ per litre!
Something to annoy motorists, who watch for the bill when refueling.
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SIMULATOR - Are you paid well?
In October 2018, the price of diesel was €1.55 per liter on average throughout the country.
The rest is known: the yellow vests launched an unprecedented protest movement that fall.
A precedent that continues to traumatize Emmanuel Macron.
Three years later, the situation is historic!
At the beginning of the week, the price of a liter of diesel is higher than gasoline.
The latter is at 1.95€ on average against 1.93€ for the SP95 (E5) and 1.92€ for the Unleaded 95 (E10), while the SP-98 has exceeded 1.96 euro.
Over three months, the increase in prices at the pump amounts to more than 20% (except for E-85 or Bioethanol).
Purchasing power, an “important” subject of concern
One month before the presidential election, these figures are closely scrutinized at Matignon, Bercy and at the Élysée.
In October the Prime Minister had announced an “inflation allowance” of 100 euros for 38 million French people earning less than 2000 euros per month.
But since this announcement, prices have continued to soar, forcing the government to react.
The Prime Minister has indeed formalized the raising of the mileage allowance scale for taxable households declaring their professional expenses.
We are “
ready to do more
”, declared the Minister of Economy and Finance, this Monday, on BFMTV.
"
We will provide a response to all French people who are most affected by the crisis.
[…] But it will not be a no matter what it costs which would consist in pouring gasoline on a fire
”, nuanced Bruno Le Maire, specifying that the measures would be “
targeted
”.
A little earlier, his colleague Barbara Pompili noted that aid on
"fuel is part of the resilience plan that the Prime Minister will announce
" this week.
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In an Odoxa poll, published at the end of November, 90% of French people believe that purchasing power is an “important” or “fairly important” subject of concern in the presidential election.
It is ahead of health, immigration and security.
And still in this same survey 80% of them maintain that purchasing power has deteriorated, 94% even believe that the multiple confinements put in place for a year and a half are the cause of an acceleration in the rise. prices, inflation.
Emmanuel Macron and his government have been warned: purchasing power is more of an "inflammable" subject than ever in the run-up to the presidential election.
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