From Monday, a liter of diesel fuel will rise in price by about 11.5 cents, and a liter of gasoline should cost another seven cents, the biggest increase in the last six weeks.
Closer to dinner at the budget gas station in Alfragida, there were already dozens of cars in line, but the waiting time, as a rule, was reduced.
“It’s a little embarrassing every week. They are at war with the people here […]. It makes me nervous every day, to the point of being sick. The Portuguese are paying a bill they don’t have to pay,” Luis Lopez, 81, said in statements to Luce at the gas station.
For Luis López, those who benefit from this rise are the “tycoons” of the sector, and “the government should take care of it.”
Maria de Jesús Almeida, in turn, took the opportunity to fill up the car before the next climb and, despite the queues, ensured that the waiting time was no more than 10 minutes.
“None of this is justified, and it is already there at all levels. This is a mafia under the pretext of war, but nothing justifies this speculation,” he said, noting that “giving more money to the taxpayers” may be an immediate help, but not a solution to the problem, as people will not regret it. this is.
As he mentioned, the value of support is also “negligible” and “everything has to go through training. People need to learn to manage what they have, not what they don’t have.”
Despite the promotion, Maria de Jesús Almeida said she continues to use her car every day and fill up with as much fuel as she needs to commute.
Carlos Oliveira is a regular customer of this gas station, where he travels at least twice a day to refuel his TVDE (private and paid passenger transport in non-characteristic vehicles, from an electronic platform).
This professional recalled the example of Spain, emphasizing that he does not understand the constant ups and downs in fuel prices.
As for executive bailouts, Carlos Oliveira believes they won’t matter, “although there are a lot of people who are waiting for €125 to get a little richer”, which he considers “an illusion”.
The driver also expressed regret over waiting times, especially for those looking to refuel with LPG, saying that despite having to refuel their personal vehicle, they would not drive again “to save a few cents.”
Leaving this post, where she filled the car, Maria Joao Santos, in turn, warned that “whoever works in the field of accounts, finance and mathematics knows that what they are now giving, [referindo-se aos apoios do Estado]will be accepted later.
Despite confidence that growth will generally continue in the coming weeks, Maria Joao Santos does not expect support to strengthen.
“Stay here, nothing else will be given to you, and what you give now, you will take later,” he concluded.
In a similar vein, António Fernandes decided to fuel up for a new boost, admitting that despite knowing he “wouldn’t recover anything”, it was “an old Portuguese maxim”.
This customer, who claims to depend on a car to walk his grandchildren, was about to leave the gas station without filling up, given the queues, but said the waiting time was even short.
As for possible solutions for these increases, he said he was not involved in the matter, but asked the executive to “manage” and “do something else” like in Spain, where there is an immediate rebate.
“Apparently, we are out of control here. may be [outra solução]even at the level of indirect taxes,” he said.
On October 5, the OPEC+ alliance of oil producers, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, decided in Vienna to cut production by two million barrels per day, the biggest cut since the pandemic.
This was stated by Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaniniya at the end of the conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its 10 allied producing countries, including Russia, Mexico and Kazakhstan.
In Portugal, an ISP discount equivalent to a 13 percent reduction in the VAT rate remains in effect until the end of the year as part of a state aid package for families due to price increases. In addition, the renewal of the carbon tax will be suspended until the end of the year.
From the end of this month, the Portuguese will also receive new support as part of a package of measures to curb the impact of inflation. Among the measures presented is a payment of 125 euros for employees with a gross income of up to 2,700 euros per month.
Pensioners who receive less than 5318 euros per month will receive more than half of the pension.
