“This will be effective from the beginning of December”, announces Bruno Le Maire

The government will authorize large retailers to sell their fuel at a loss. “It will be effective from the beginning of December. I hope December 1, since the text of the law will be examined in the Assembly at the beginning of October”announced Bruno Le Maire, guest of “4 Vérités” on France 2, Monday September 18, specifying that the measure “will last six months”. “In any case, this is the proposal that we will make to parliamentarians. This will effectively make it possible to find, depending on what distributors can do, cheaper fuels throughout France”, has followed THE Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.

“The State cannot bear the cost of inflation alone”

Asked about the importance of the drop in fuel prices with this measure, Bruno Le Maire indicated: “I’m not going to give figures, because I don’t want to mislead consumers.” “The State cannot bear the cost of inflation alone, otherwise it will increase deficits and debt”he added. “We are going to get out of this very brutal inflation for many of our compatriots”assured the minister.