Milan, Aug. 25 (LaPresse) – “Fuel prices have already broken the psychological barrier of 3 euros per litre at some motorway service stations.” Codacons denounces this, after analyzing the prices reported by operators to the Mimit on August 24 and 25. The highest price, the association points out, is on the A22 Brenner-Modena, where Supreme Diesel has reached 3.159 euros per litre. Elsewhere, however, prices have also reached extremely high peaks. On the A21 Turin-Piacenza, for example, served diesel reaches 2.729 euros per litre. Extremely high prices are also being recorded on the smaller islands: in Pantelleria, a litre of diesel costs as much as 2.799 euros, now approaching the 3-euro threshold. “These are clearly extreme cases, and not prices representative of the national average. But they are cases that clearly capture the direction taken by price lists and demonstrate how, especially in the most critical situations, fuel prices are moving increasingly dangerously towards 3 euros per litre,” Codacons denounces, which is therefore once again calling on the government for “structural measures capable of protecting motorists from price spikes, avoiding stopgap measures and time-limited provisions that offer families no certainty.” According to Codacons’ analysis, other cases of more expensive diesel include the A4 Venice-Trieste, where served diesel reaches 2.699 euros per litre; the A28 Portogruaro-Conegliano, again with served diesel at 2.699 euros per litre; the A22 Brenner-Modena, where diesel reaches 2.659 euros per litre; and the A15 Parma-La Spezia, where served diesel reaches 2.629 euros per litre. In addition, there are record prices for premium diesel: on the A21 Turin-Piacenza, Supreme Diesel reaches 2.929 euros per litre, while on the A15 Parma-La Spezia, Hi-Q Diesel reaches 2.879 euros per litre. “No one is claiming that tomorrow all Italians will pay 3 euros for a litre of fuel, but the very fact that this threshold has already been exceeded at some stations should set off an alarm bell,” Codacons says. “Until recently, similar prices would have seemed completely illogical; today they are a reality at some service stations. The risk is that, if the rise in price lists continues, the 3-euro mark will cease to be an extreme exception and become an increasingly less distant reference point for motorists.”
Fuel prices, Codacons: “Supreme Diesel above €3/litre on motorways, government must act”
Milan, Aug. 25 (LaPresse) – “Fuel prices have already broken the psychological barrier of 3 euros per litre at some motorway service stations.” Codacons denounces this, after analyzing the prices reported by operators to the Mimit on August 24 and 25. The highest price, the association points out, is on the A22 Brenner-Modena, where Supreme Diesel has reached 3.159 euros per litre. Elsewhere, however, prices have also reached extremely high peaks. On the A21 Turin-Piacenza, for example, served diesel reaches 2.729 euros per litre. Extremely high prices are also being recorded on the smaller islands: in Pantelleria, a litre of diesel costs as much as 2.799 euros, now approaching the 3-euro threshold. “These are clearly extreme cases, and not prices representative of the national average. But they are cases that clearly capture the direction taken by price lists and demonstrate how, especially in the most critical situations, fuel prices are moving increasingly dangerously towards 3 euros per litre,” Codacons denounces, which is therefore once again calling on the government for “structural measures capable of protecting motorists from price spikes, avoiding stopgap measures and time-limited provisions that offer families no certainty.” According to Codacons’ analysis, other cases of more expensive diesel include the A4 Venice-Trieste, where served diesel reaches 2.699 euros per litre; the A28 Portogruaro-Conegliano, again with served diesel at 2.699 euros per litre; the A22 Brenner-Modena, where diesel reaches 2.659 euros per litre; and the A15 Parma-La Spezia, where served diesel reaches 2.629 euros per litre. In addition, there are record prices for premium diesel: on the A21 Turin-Piacenza, Supreme Diesel reaches 2.929 euros per litre, while on the A15 Parma-La Spezia, Hi-Q Diesel reaches 2.879 euros per litre. “No one is claiming that tomorrow all Italians will pay 3 euros for a litre of fuel, but the very fact that this threshold has already been exceeded at some stations should set off an alarm bell,” Codacons says. “Until recently, similar prices would have seemed completely illogical; today they are a reality at some service stations. The risk is that, if the rise in price lists continues, the 3-euro mark will cease to be an extreme exception and become an increasingly less distant reference point for motorists.”