With tax breaks expiring and delay to the variable excise decree, diesel prices climb. Hauliers warn of a strike as the government summons oil firms with initial price caps.
The last in a long series of measures to cut duties on diesel, which Premier Giorgia Meloni's government had brought in to help people and businesses cope with soaring fuel prices, elapsed on Tuesday. (ANSA)
ROM. In Italy, individual mineral companies want to maintain their own price limits with the expiry of government rebates on diesel. Previously, there were nationwide protests by farmers and fishermen against the high fuel prices.