"Without Touching Taxes. Without Demagogy": Emmanuel Macron Praises Falling Fuel Prices and Defends His Approach

The government's decisions are already being felt at gas stations. In a post published on the social network X, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron welcomes the “concrete solutions which are bearing fruit”. “Prices at the pump are starting to fall.

We are getting there and are not letting up on our efforts. In October, we first decided to release 10 million barrels from our strategic reserves in France to quickly reduce pressure on volumes and prices,” he wrote. Emmanuel Macron also highlights his three-day trip to the Middle East to secure supplies: “Our partners are committed, substantial volumes are secured.”

The distributors “play the game” “At the same time, we worked hand in hand with the distributors. They play the game and we would like to thank them,” adds the tenant of the Élysée. "The result is there: more than ten cents less per liter of diesel.

This without touching taxes. Without demagoguery. Concrete solutions that bear fruit,” he says.

Guest of RTL this Monday 2, the Minister of Commerce Serge Papin assured that “more than half of the stations have lowered the prices” of diesel. If fuel prices have reached such high levels, it is because of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz. “We did not want this war and it is not up to the French to pay the price with each tank,” concludes Emmanuel Macron.

Machine-translated from French