Tension remains high on fuel prices, with diesel now settling above 2 euros per liter. While awaiting the new intervention by government decree, which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti discussed on Friday, new discouraging signals are arriving for motorists just as a red-alert weekend for the summer exodus is underway.
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The new maximum peaks
Surveys carried out by the Ansa agency show extremely high fuel prices. According to reports, in Milan, petrol exceeds 2.6 euros per liter at a distributor in the residential area of via Correggio, and in most stations, it breaks the two-euro threshold, with higher prices especially on the ring road (2.189 in Muggiano, 2.439 served or 2.339 served in Assago).
Prices detected by the Mimit Observatory
These are certainly peaks, but the “temperature” of prices remains high throughout Italy. To get a more comprehensive picture of the situation, one must refer to the latest data collected by the Mimit (Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy) Fuel Price Observatory. Thus, Saturday, July 25, recorded an average self-service price along the national road network of 1.979 euros per liter for petrol and 2.180 euros per liter for diesel. On the motorway, however, the average self-service price is 2.069 euros per liter for petrol and 2.249 euros per liter for diesel.
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The pressure from trade associations
So the script remains very similar to that of recent days. With statements from trade and consumer associations estimating the impact of the increases on the pockets of citizens and businesses and renewing the appeal to the Government to act quickly for a price-calming intervention.
The opposition also urges intervention
Naturally, with similar dynamics, fuel prices also inflame the political debate. The president of the Pd senators, Francesco Boccia, emphasizes: «It is not enough to chase the price of petrol with yet another temporary mini-cut in excise duties, while families and businesses continue to pay some of the most expensive bills in Europe and our productive system suffers the effects of an energy and commercial crisis that would require much more courage. On petrol, for a year with Elly Schlein, we have been asking for structural mobile excise duties, while the government prefers to collect even more taxes on the increase in fuels».
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