Fuels: Macron Pleads to "Lower Prices Before Lowering Taxes" but Does Not Want to "Exclude"
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While diesel has broken its record in gas stations, the President of the Republic prefers diplomatic action to lower prices.
In an interview in the JT of 8pm on Thursday 24 September, Emmanuel Macron considered that a reduction in fuel taxes, in order to stop the price boom, would not be "the most virtuous decision." But the French president considered that "nothing should be excluded according to the evolution of the situation". - Fuels: Macron pleads to "lower prices before lowering taxes" but does not want to "exclude" (Policy).
French President Emmanuel McRon assured the French that the State was doing everything it could to prevent a shortage of fuel in the country. "We are doing everything we can to avoid it," said Macron on Thursday evening in an interview with TF1 and France 2, which focused on the fuel crisis. "The main difference from what we have seen in the past is that today's price rise is not a government decision, but a geopolitical situation," the Presiden…
If the President of the Republic "does not exclude anything", he considers that the adjustment of the taxation on fuels would be "not the most virtuous decision" because it "is to finance the expenditure of the State".
French President Emmanuel McRon did not rule out the reduction of fuel taxes if the record price increases continued despite the fact that this measure could... 25.09.2026, PRIM
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