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 along Portugal's A1 motorway, while commuters blared horns on Lisbon's April 25 bridge to protest soaring fuel prices.
- Eurostat data showed pump prices rose 24% year-on-year in August, with diesel exceeding €2 per litre, driven by supply disruptions tied to the Iran war and refinery attacks linked to the war in Ukraine.
- Aristides Teixeira, spokesperson of the Ponte 25 de Abril Users' Association, called for remote work reinstatement, toll suspension, and a 23% fuel value-added tax cut. Demonstrators also demanded Environment Minister Maria Graça Carvalho's resignation.
- Infrastructure Minister Miguel Pinto Luz acknowledged the trucking sector had been "overlooked in some ways" and pledged to review protesters' proposals at a ministry meeting scheduled for next Monday.
- Demonstrators seek eligibility for partial fuel tax refunds currently available only to transport companies, with the government meeting serving as a critical test for resolving disruptions amid Portugal's ongoing economic strain.
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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.
▶️ Protests against sharp fuel price hikes are taking place in Portugal and France, Politico reports
Hundreds of truck drivers took part in protests against rising diesel prices in Portugal. Representatives of companies involved in construction, underground works and material transportation protested.Video:...
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.
Hundreds of truck drivers in Portugal staged a protest over record fuel prices by organizing a slow-moving column on a motorway, while drivers in Lisbon signaled en masse on the city's main bridge.
The slow march with hundreds of trucks lasted, this Friday, about five hours. The protest was against the increase in fuel prices and took place without incident.
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