Truckers, commuters protest in Portugal against soaring fuel prices
Hundreds of truckers and commuters pressed for tax relief and toll suspensions as diesel prices rose 24% in August, Eurostat data showed.
- On Friday, hundreds of trucks staged a 150-km convoy from Paredes to Coimbra while commuters blared horns on Lisbon's Ponte to protest soaring fuel costs.
- Eurostat data showed prices rose 24% year-on-year in August, with diesel exceeding €2 per litre, driven by supply disruptions from the Iran war and refinery attacks linked to the war in Ukraine.
- Aristides Teixeira, spokesperson of the Ponte Abril Users Association, called for remote-work reinstatement, toll suspension, and removal of the 23% value-added tax on fuel; demonstrators also demanded Environment Minister Maria Gra Carvalho's resignation.
- Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Miguel Pinto Luz acknowledged the trucking sector had been "overlooked in some ways," pledging to review proposals and meet movement representatives on Monday.
- Demonstrators seek eligibility for partial tax refunds currently available to transport companies, with the ministerial meeting serving as a critical test for resolving the economic strain affecting Portuguese citizens.
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Nearly 500 drivers took part in a protest against rising fuel prices in Portugal, driving very slowly on the country's main roads, including the A1 motorway between Lisbon and Porto.
While some celebrate the "victory" after the government has scheduled a meeting, other truckers predict more aggressive future protests. "We are always ignored successfully. Until the day...".
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Truckers, commuters protest in Portugal against soaring fuel prices
Hundreds of truckers took part in a "go-slow" convoy along a motorway in north-central Portugal on Friday, while commuters blared their horns on Lisbon's main bridge to protest against soaring fuel costs.
The organizers of this protest movement in Lisbon are calling for a reduction in taxes on petroleum products, but also the suspension of tolls and teleworking measures The post Portugal: Trucks march in Lisbon against fuel price hikes appeared first on in.gr.
In statements to the agency Lusaka, Aristides Teixeira, of the Association Utentes Ponte 25 de Abril, said that the buzino that began at 08:00 today aims to demand the resignation of the Minister of the Environment, Maria Graça Carvalho, ask for the replacement of the telework, as in the pandemic, and the suspension of the payment in the tolls as well as the VAT and ISP on the fuels.
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