Fuel price in Spain exceeds two euros per liter | News

Press media highlight that the prices of gasoline and diesel in Spain this week exceeded two euros per liter, registering a historical maximum peak and exceeding the average of the European Union.

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According to media reports, the price of gasoline experienced a rise of seven cents in the last seven days to reach an average of 2,117, while oil increased nine cents, averaging 2,003.

According to published statistics, the cost of gasoline grew 3.7 percent compared to the previous week, while crude oil grew 5.1 percent.

These figures exceed the response capacity of the bonus granted by the Government, which was set at an aid of 20 cents per liter of fuel and was extended until the end of June.

In this regard, the general secretary of the non-governmental organization Facua-Consumidores en Acción, Rubén Sánchez, urged the Government to set a maximum price rate after a year-on-year rise that almost reached 80 cents per liter.

The setting of maximum prices was a practice abandoned by the Spanish State in 1998, but Sánchez considers that in this context it could be “the only effective solution to the scarcity suffered by consumers”.

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