Diesel at an all-time high in Italy: Government considers targeted aid for workers and self-employed

Diesel at an all-time high in Italy: Government considers targeted aid for workers and self-employed
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The high cost of fuel continues to give no respite to the Government, at a time that is becoming increasingly delicate due to the full start of the election campaign. Price increases continue to persist and this, in hectic days among the Executive offices to finally put the “targeted aid” in black and white, does not help.

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Gasoline 10 cents from the highs

Records are broken day after day. If for gasoline – today at 2.1 euros per liter – we refer to the annual highs, with values not too far from the highs of 2022, just after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, when the price of unleaded reached 2.184 euros per liter. About eight cents difference.

Historic diesel record

For diesel, the story is different. Because the historic high was already reached during these months of Middle Eastern tension, also due to an increase in excise duties on diesel (equalizing those on gasoline) decided at the beginning of the year with the latest Budget law.

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The latest update is from this morning and marks 2.208 euros per liter, 1.5 cents more than yesterday. All this with a cut on diesel excise duties worth 17.1 cents per liter.

The end of the discount

The discount, in reality, is destined to end. From Palazzo Chigi the intention was to stop it days ago and after all it is no secret, since at the party for the record longevity of the Executive, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni explicitly said so.

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