In recent days, the scenario of fuel rationing had emerged to cope with the crisis generated by the conflict in the Middle East. In particular, the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jorgensen, had given an interview to the Financial Times in which he had opened up to a solution of this type: “The energy crisis will be long, fuel rationing is a possibility“. Also because, according to him, for critical products, such as diesel and kerosene, “things could get worse in the coming weeks”.
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High fuel prices: the EU is thinking about rationing
A rumor that has also reached Italy. Our government, however, seems to have clear ideas from this point of view. This at least is what emerges from the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Lega, Matteo Salvini. In the press conference at the Foreign Press headquarters on the topic of high energy costs, in fact, he wanted to use clear words: “There is no plan under study for fuel rationing“. And he added: “At this moment I don’t even want to take it into consideration. I expect a drop in fuel prices in the coming hours. We will use all tools so that there is no speculation”.
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Rising prices
Meanwhile, on Italian roads the situation is not improving. The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy announced that, based on the latest data collected by the Mimit Fuel Price Observatory, today the average price of fuel in self-service mode along the national road network is 1,789 euros for petrol, while yesterday it was 1,782 euros, and 2,178 euros for diesel, yesterday at 2,143 euros. On the motorway network, however, the average self-service price is 1,825 euros per liter for petrol and 2,191 euros per liter for diesel.
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