Reunion-Fuels: Government Considering Possible Price Freeze

12 years, 3 months ago - 3 August 2012, lexpress.mu

While the General Council of the meeting is about to send to the Prime Minister a motion in which he demanded the freezing of the pump price promised by the candidate Holland, the economy minister said Tuesday that the government planchait currently on issue at national level.

A freezing of the fuel price is "still valid" and the government does not rule apply when soaring pump prices, said Pierre Moscovici to the National Assembly. "This commitment is very topical, it is not forgotten, of course we monitor the movements of oil prices and we do not rule anything in, depending on changing circumstances, to apply it , "he announced to MPs in response to a question from the centrist MP (IDU group) of Eure-et-Loir, Philippe Vigier.

In France métropolitainee, gasoline jumped 5 cents and diesel by 8 cents in July, due to a rise in oil prices and a depreciation of the euro against the dollar. Last week, a liter of diesel cost an average of 1.40 euros and unleaded 95 1.55 euro, according to the latest statistics from the Department of Ecology.

In Reunion, August 1, the price of unleaded is 1.61 euros instead of 1.58 euros. Diesel it goes from 1.23 euros to 1.26 euros. Only the price of gas remains at 15 euros.