The price of gasoline drops below 1.8 euros per liter for the first time since January.
According to the weekly surveys of the Mite, between March 28 and April 3, the green in self mode fell on average to € 1,792 per liter, down by 7.8 cents compared to the previous week, equal to about -4%.
Diesel, also self-service, fell 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%.
The decline leaves consumers unsatisfied.
For the president of the National Consumers Union Massimiliano Dona, it is in particular "scandalous" that the price of diesel, despite the 30.5 cent cut decided by the government, is "still above the values prior to the outbreak of the war, ie speculation taken after February 24th ".
"If gasoline 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 is € 1,788 per liter, an even higher level at data recorded on February 28, after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, when it was 1,740 euros ", continues Dona.
The reductions in fuel prices at the pump are still insufficient, even for Codacons,
which calculates how 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. ", underlines the association.