Emmanuel Macron put a coin back in the machine this morning. While on his way to the Rungis National Interest Market (MIN), on the southern outskirts of Paris, the President of the Republic was stopped by a local employee who told him about his difficulties in shopping or refueling at the end of the month with a Salary slightly above minimum wage.
“I know the spirit of responsibility of producers and retailers […] We have already made a gesture, now each one must contribute their part”, he added, referring to the discount on fuel that the State introduced between April and last December.
A few hours later in the morning, it was the Minister for Energy Transition who came there with her little phrase. “I tell the head of Total, who makes a lot of profits in France but a lot in the rest of the world: invest in France, invest in the energy transition and give back as much as you can to the French, I think.” that will benefit our country,” Agnès Pannier-Runacher told CNews.
Periodic reminders for two weeks
This sentence comes just two weeks after the head of TotalEnergies launched the clue of a new reduction in diesel if prices at the pump exceeded two euros per liter.
“The market has partly anticipated the embargo on the current price but, in my opinion, it has not yet passed on the additional costs linked to shipping by boat,” he explained in an interview with Le Parisien on February 8 on the occasion of the publication of the excellent results of the group for the year 2022. I follow the topic very closely. If the liter of diesel exceeds two euros, TotalEnergies could carry out new bonus actions focused on the pump”.
The government then hastened to react favorably to this idea through the interval of Olivier Véran. “We hope that everything possible can be done to reduce the cost of fuel at the pump for the French,” he said at the end of the council of ministers that was held the same day the interview was published.
“This is the promise made by the president of Total”
Just a week ago, the government spokesman returned to the charge, as did Bruno Le Maire, who reminded the Total boss of his statements about a new reduction. “The general director has promised that he is going to make one. It is good that the promises are kept by everyone, whether you are a political leader, a union leader or a business leader,” the RTL economy minister told the microphone. .
A wish remembered no later than this Monday on BFMTV and RMC. “I take the word of the president of Total, Patrick Pouyanné. If prices exceed 2 euros per liter, there will be a discount,” Bruno le Maire said. This is the promise made by the president of Total, I have no doubt that he upholds it.”
According to the latest figures reported this Monday by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, the price of a liter of diesel reached 1.8382 euros on average in France, a very slight increase compared to the previous week.
Source: BFM TV
