Even in the last weekend of August the prices of diesel and petrol remain above two euros per liter and, with the excise duty discount on diesel expiring on 5 September, the government is studying alternative solutions.
How much diesel and petrol cost today 29 August
The Ministry of Business and Made in Italy has announced that today, Saturday 29 August, based on the latest data collected by the Observatory on fuel prices, the average price of fuel in “self-service” mode along the national road network is equal to 2.016 euros per liter for petrol and 2.130 for diesel.
On the motorway network, however, the average self-service price is 2.096 euros per liter for petrol and 2.204 for diesel.
Who will have new discounts
Having ruled out the possibility of yet another extension of the discounts as has happened so far, the Meloni government is studying how to deal with the price increases. The Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, in an interview with the Giornale limited himself to talking about “selective measures, first and foremost for the benefit of those who travel for work and the less well-off classes”. Other actions will then be targeted to help “the road transport supply chain that we have preserved with the tax credit, thus limiting the inflationary impact”.
One of the hypotheses that has been circulating is that of using the social card to provide petrol vouchers. We also think about the possibility of a paycheck bonus for employees and a similar intervention for the self-employed. The contribution would be completely tax-free for the worker and fully deductible for the company which would provide it as a fringe benefit. For the self-employed, it is unclear whether it would take the form of a refund or a deduction.
In recent days Urso himself had hoped for “a joint European action, because it is right that the measure is homogeneous so as not to create an imbalance between the oil companies of the individual European countries”.