There are already stations in Portugal where the fuel exceeds 2 € / l.

The rise in fuel prices is a reality. As for the increase, diesel was up 3.5 cents and gasoline 2.5 cents. There is news that the bus sector may go bankrupt due to rising fuel prices and that some companies may leave Portugal.

Our country already has a filling station where the fuel exceeds 2 euros / liter.

The price of gasoline at the service station in Beja exceeded 2 euros per liter.

According to the General Directorate of Energy and Geology (DGEG), the price of diesel fuel has increased 38 times, and since the beginning of the year has fallen only eight times. As for gasoline, since January it has grown 30 times and fell only seven times. You DGEG data show that the average price of a liter of 95 gasoline in Portugal is currently 1.717 euros, and diesel - 1.518 euros.

In the image, which was shared on social media, it can be seen that the price of premium gasoline exceeded € 2 per liter. This post is in Beja.

According to the latest information, even with the maximum fuel prices, the government maintains an additional tax rate on petroleum products in the state budget for 2022.

According to the document, "in 2022, an additional tax rate on oil and energy resources of 0.007 euros per liter for gasoline and 0.0035 euros per liter for diesel fuel and for non-ferrous and labeled diesel fuel will remain in force." ...

On the upside, the government last Friday approved a law that allows for maximum market margins for simple fuels and bottled LPG. Matos Fernandez, Minister of Environment and Climate Protection, explained that this measure “will allow the government to intervene in part of the fuel pricing, the margin of the sellers themselves”, but that “the price of fuel is essentially fixed by the price of the primary commodity, which is oil” and “there is no way for the government to intervene”.

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