Fuels, no excise cuts in the Cdm. Diesel over 2.6 euro on motorways

No action was taken, only the point of the situation on fuel price rises after the escalation in the Middle East. In the Council of Ministers on Tuesday afternoon, which lasted about an hour, no decree arrived to intervene on petrol and diesel prices - rising by the day - but only an assessment.

At the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, the phenomenon of price increases was framed by sharing the data resulting from the monitoring of the Ministry of Enterprise, where Mister prezzi continues to monitor any speculation to be reported to the Guardia di Finanza. The executive's line would be to wait and see how long this price surge will last, not least because the intervention of mobile excise duties would bring little economic benefit to motorists.

Meanwhile, fuel prices are racing, and diesel on motorways is breaking through the psychological threshold of 2.6 euro per litre. All categories are up in arms, from consumers to hauliers, from fishing and aquaculture companies to farms, and the political opposition is attacking the government for failing to intervene in the Cdm.

A 'very serious delay' accuses Codacons, 'every day of postponement of the excise cut is equivalent to damages of hundreds of millions of euros for motorists and the road haulage sector, and increases the risk of strong repercussions on the prices of products transported by road'. "It is an own goal," criticises the National Consumers' Union, "since the more time is allowed to pass, the more money will be needed to stop the escalation of prices.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, assured that 'the Mimit and the Mef are working on excise duties', confirming that he had heard his colleagues Giorgetti and Urso without, however, giving further indications on timing and content. On speculation, Salvini emphasised that 'the problem will not be the petrol stations' and that 'the problem lies upstream, I'm thinking of a few oil companies that are very quick to increase prices a few hours after a crisis breaks out and are not as quick to reduce prices when the crises return. So it is on this front that the government is working'.