Fuels: Despite Rising Prices, the Government Remains "Favourable" for "More General" Aid, Bercy Says.
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In a press briefing, the Ministry of Economy stated that the government remains "unfavorable" to measures to lower taxes or cap prices.
As he had already suggested following the announcement of the extension of the aid window for large-scale rolling machines, the government is not planning to block pump prices or generalize aid, despite the price of fuel that is blazing.
The Ministry of the Economy justifies this decision by the "situation of public finances", while the prices at the pump continue to fly away.
In the face of rising fuel prices, the government is removing widespread aid, fearing that the shortage will be organised and invoking the fragility of public finances; targeted measures for the most affected are preferred.
Some participants at this meeting "were able to express themselves in the press about the need for more general measures", such as a temporary reduction in fuel taxation, but "the government remains unfavourable", explained the Ministry of the Economy at a press conference by telephone. "As regards price caps, everyone is free to do so if he wishes to do so," Bercy said, who remains "favourable" because "plundering is organising the shortage." A…
In the face of rising prices at the pump, Bercy maintains its line and favours targeted aid rather than lower taxation The government remains "unfavorable" to more
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