French gas and oil giant TotalEnergies will apply a pump discount of 20 cents per liter between September and November at all its service stations, then 10 cents per liter for the rest of the year, it announced. this morning in a press release. “From 1is September to November 1, TotalEnergies will lower the price of petroleum fuels sold at stations by 20 cents per liter compared to the prices formed on international market quotations, then by 10 cents per liter from 1is November to December 31”the statement said.
The commitment made by the group comes after several weeks of encouragement from the government and should have consequences, as of Friday afternoon, on the debates on the amending finance bill. The Republicans wanted, in fact, to lower taxes on gasoline to bring prices down to 1.50 euros per liter. An option ruled out for budgetary reasons by Bercy, which does not wish to increase the envelope allocated to fuel, or 4.4 billion euros. MP Véronique Louwagie, leader of Les Républicains elected to the Finance Committee, told our journalist Elsa Conesa this morning that she hoped to increase the rebate from 18 to 40 centimes until the end of the year, thus bringing the liter at 1.68 euros. This is our red line, insisted the member of the Orne. The rebate must really allow you to get closer to 1.50 euros. If we go down to 30 cents, it really won’t be much. Afterwards, there may be an additional effort from the oil groups…”she specified a few hours before the announcement of TotalEnergies.