Fuel prices: The government is open to a new release of strategic stocks
The French government will continue to release part of strategic fuel stocks if necessary, currently 10% of stocks for diesel, in order to cushion the impact of rising prices since the conflict in the Middle East
“We will continue if necessary. These are things that are renewable.” The Minister of Commerce and SMEs, Serge Papin, declared this Tuesday, on RMC, that the government “will continue if necessary” to release part of the strategic fuel stocks.
This choice was decided in order to cushion the impact of its increase since the conflict in the Middle East. “Currently 10% of strategic stocks have been released, only for diesel,” he recalled. Asked in parallel on Sud Radio about the duration of this drop in prices at the pump, the Minister of the Economy Roland Lescure recalled that stocks had been released for “three months, November, December, January”.
“Then we will see,” he said, hoping for a “delamination” of the conflict after the American elections. “Around 20 cents” drop on average According to him, these are “7,600 service stations out of 10.
000 who lowered prices. And in those, it’s 22 cents lower.” On average, “across the entire network, including those which do not yet benefit from strategic stocks, which have not yet lowered their prices, it is 19 cents.
So we are around 20 cents” drop, quantified the Minister of the Economy.
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